How Many Types of Ear Tag

The ear tag is one of the animal identification, used to prove the identity of livestock, bearing livestock individual information mark, applied to the ear of livestock.

RFID technology is applied to the electronic ear tag, and the encoded information is stored in the chip with a built-in chip and antenna. Because RFID has the characteristics of non-contact, long-distance, automatic identification of moving objects, readable and written, some automatic measurement, measurement, and quantitative systems can be popularized and used in animal husbandry. Livestock automatic weighing management system, milk production automatic measurement management system, and other livestock feeding and management systems are based on the use of electronic ear marks..

Now let’s talk about what types of ear tags are there?

1. Usually ear tags are divided into male and female, the female label is with RFID chip, and the male label is not, as the following figure, the round label is generally FDX-B, HDX format, and usually round ear tags are divided into disposable and recyclable type.

• The following figure is FDX, which is usually the UHF ear label. The same one with the chip is the female label, and the one without a chip is the male label, but the format and frequency are different. Different animals use ear tags of different shapes.

Tips:

1. If the customer wants to buy an ear tag, he should make sure whether he wants an A chip inside or not. If the customer does not mention chip, frequency, etc., it should be no chip ear tag.
2. The one we use most often, and the one we push most often, is the EM4305, the round, non-cyclic ear tag with a blackhead. Different from the full-body yellow earmark, this earmark is more secure and not easy to fall off.
3. There are only differences in shape, size, and material of chip ear tags (we use TPU for all materials)
4. Pay attention to the MOQ of chip ear tags when quoting. Some sizes are more than 1000pcs, and some sizes are more than 10000pcs.

In addition, our company’s ears are marked with the following advantages:

1. All ear tags are 100% TPU. Animal ears may bleed when pierced, and only TPU material can prevent animal allergies.
2. Mixing ABS into the material can reduce a lot of costs and the price is very cheap, but we do not make this material.
3. Drop rates are the biggest concern for end- users (farms). Each Okiismart label is tested to withstand 220N strength, ensuring the common label is strong enough to penetrate the ear. On the other hand, the common standard will break through 220N strength, ensuring that it is not too strong to hurt livestock ears.
4. Sufficient laser powder is used for printing to ensure no fading in a harsh printing environment. Harsh environments like intense light and rain in Africa. However, inferior ear tags do use not enough laser powder or ink printing, which will lead to coding color light, easy to fade, and other problems.
5. Ear tags are divided into European standards and American standard. The European standard will have a larger hole, while the American standards will have a smaller hole. The thickness of the corresponding ear tag clamp needle will be different.
6. If the customer’s customer’s ear tag falls off and the common tag is broken during driving, the primary consideration is that the ear tag does not conform to the standard of the ear tag clamp, but it may also be due to improper use of the customer (the whole needle of the ear tag clamp should be sunk into the common tag).