
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Hasker, PJS 
A1  - Bassingthwaighte, J 
T1  - Implanting electronic identification transponders under the scutifon cartilage of beef cattle is inappropriate under Australian conditions
JF  - Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture
JO  - Aust. J. Exp. Agric.
Y1  - 1995
VL  - 35
IS  - 1
SP  - 15
EP  - 18
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UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/EA9950015 
N2  - Poor readout and recovery rates of electronic identification (EID) transponders at the slaughter of feedlot steers raise doubts about the suitability of the scutiform cartilage as a site for implanting EID transponders in commercial beef herds in Australia. At slaughter, a readout was obtained from73% of 4630 implanted steers that were scanned. Failure to give a readout was due to broken and lost transponders. Less than three-quarters of the transponders giving a readout at slaughter were recovered. These results could not be totally attributed to implanting procedure as they were similar for different feedlot-abattoir combinations and different operators. 
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