Why do pig farms wear earrings for pigs?

Sometimes, we often see that the breeder of the pig farm will wear a round plastic "small earring" on its ear when the pig is born. People who don't understand will think that this is the identification object to distinguish the "second brother", but in fact, this round plastic "small earrings" can be exquisite. With this earring, pigs will enter the market more easily than other pigs without ear tags. Do you know why?

Nowadays, pig farms with advanced technical conditions have applied the Internet of Things technology to farming. Putting ear tags on pigs' ears is the result of monitoring the growth process of pigs with advanced internet of things technology.

Don't underestimate this "little earring". Equivalent to a pig's ID card. It is the only QR code for each pig. When the pig is born, it will be fixed on its ear until the pig is slaughtered and sold. This "small earring" is called an electronic ear tag, which will record the pig's birthplace, immunization, quarantine and transportation information. With this electronic ear tag, the core competitiveness of pig farms will be greatly improved.

The electronic ear tag will monitor the compulsory immunization information of pigs in the whole feeding process, such as foot-and-mouth disease, blue ear disease, swine fever and other information. This electronic ear tag will transmit all kinds of information of pigs to the central database. When pigs enter the slaughterhouse for slaughter, the quarantine officer will scan the two-dimensional code ear tag, check the epidemic prevention information and quarantine information, then slaughter and quarantine according to the process, register and save, and then remove the ear tag.

In fact, in addition to pigs, other animals also need to wear this ear tag to facilitate information traceability. This electronic ear tag records the information in the process of animal feeding. If it is connected with the traceability system of food circulation, the information from the farm to the table can be traced back all the way, so that the information of each meat can be traced back, the responsibility can be traced back, and the product can be recalled, so that everyone can buy "reassuring meat".

Breeding commercial animals cannot enter the market without wearing electronic identification ear tags, because according to Article 18 of the Measures for the Administration of Animal Immune Labels, no unit or individual may purchase, slaughter or transport animals without wearing immune ear tags. So if you want to start a business, you need to know this knowledge.

The numbers and standards of electronic ear tags are all formulated by the Ministry of Agriculture. Eartag codes are printed on the front of the ear tag, which are unified throughout the country, all of which are 8 Arabic numerals, divided into two rows. The 6-digit code in the previous line is the location of immunization work, and the local postal code is used. The two digits in the lower row are the numbers of epidemic prevention personnel. The contents of immunization files recorded by ear tags include owner's name, animal species, age, immunization date, vaccine name, vaccine batch number, vaccine manufacturer, vaccine seller, immunization ear tags, signature of epidemic prevention personnel and other information.

But now it seems that wearing electronic ear tags on animals is not very popular in some rural areas. Except for some big farms, some small farms seem to know nothing about electronic ear tags, let alone enter the animal identification and traceability system. Therefore, in order to be safe and convenient for the management of farms, it is very important to consult the animal husbandry department whether it is possible to wear electronic ear tags for animals.