From visual-only ear tags to electronic ear tags, brands and tattoos, how producers choose to identify their cattle is ...

An animal identification system that the Agriculture Department has said would be put in place immediately to help safeguard the meat supply against mad cow disease is expected to take a year or two ...

“Proper identification is key to management of cattle for optimum production and profitability,” says Patrick Davis, University of Missouri Extension regional livestock field specialist.

In western states where pastures are large and many cattle spend time on rangeland, proof of ownership has always been necessary to separate one rancher’s cattle from the neighbor’s cattle, and to ...

SPOKANE — Hundreds of cattle from Canada, which this month confirmed its ninth case of mad-cow disease, have entered the United States without government-required health papers or ID tags, according ...

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“As a new year begins, cattle producers may find value in looking back at the previous year to evaluate the operation’s productivity and profitability,” says Patrick Davis, University of Missouri ...

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A new cow virus that causes neurologic symptoms reminiscent of mad cow disease has been identified and its genome sequenced by a team of researchers including scientists at the University of ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... CHEYENNE, Wyo.—Concerns in Colorado and Nebraska have prompted Wyoming to adopt a new rule for identifying cattle raised around Yellowstone National Park, an ...

Identification of a new cow virus will help rule out mad cow disease when neurological symptoms are present. A new cow virus that causes neurologic symptoms reminiscent of mad cow disease has been ...