Table 4.
NBQA: percentage1 of identification types in surveyed cattle
| Identification | All cattle(n = 5,242) | Beef cows(n = 2,088) | Dairy cows(n = 2,621) | Beef bulls(n = 397) | Dairy bulls(n = 84) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No ID | 8.3 | 11.9 | 3.2 | 20.2 | 17.9 |
| Single ID | 38.6 | 48.3 | 29.0 | 50.1 | 56.0 |
| Multiple ID | 53.0 | 39.8 | 67.9 | 29.7 | 26.2 |
| Identification type | |||||
| Ankle | 0.7 | 0.0 | 1.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Barcode | 1.5 | 0.9 | 2.3 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
| Electronic | 13.2 | 4.0 | 22.1 | 3.0 | 9.5 |
| Ear tag | 69.0 | 54.9 | 82.9 | 54.9 | 61.9 |
| Metal clip | 30.0 | 38.1 | 26.7 | 16.1 | 8.3 |
| Lot tag | 23.0 | 20.3 | 27.1 | 16.1 | 7.1 |
| Waddles | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| Other | 26.9 | 17.8 | 34.0 | 23.4 | 28.6 |
1Percentages exceed 100% due to animals having multiple forms of identification.