Sheep Ear Tags Applied 
                                                     
													Typically place the tags in
                              the left ear or on the side where most 
                              of the work is done from in the race / crush. The
                              Allflex tagger is seen here. It has an incredibly
                              smooth application action. 
                                                     
                                                     
                                                     
                                                     
                                                     
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                              Weighing 
                                                     
                              Expert handlers assist with ram lambs that are classed and lambs excessive in weight are removed from the selection group.  
                                                     
                                                     
                                                     
                                                     
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                              Farmer's ram lots 
                                                     
                              Typically as depicted in this photo rams arrive as
                              per farmer and are processed, tagged 
                              and scanned into the software, drenched for internal 
                              parasites, vaccinated, weighed and sorted into different 
                              groups. 
                                                     
                                                     
                                                     
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                                                    Kenhardt Dorperland veld
                                                    ram project 
                                                     
                                                    Some of the Dorper rams, marked with the
                                                    MSD Animal Health ID Tags. 
													The tags for this project were kindly sponsored by
                                                    MSD Animal Health, South Africa. 
													These were marked in the right
                                                    ear to replace old
                                                    "tatty" re-usable
                                                    tags that were removed where
                                                    farmers had tagged the
                                                    animals. No uneccessary new
                                                    holes were made, whereby
                                                    stress was limited to an
                                                    absolute minimum. 
                                                     
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                                                    Co-ordinator of the
                                                    Dorperland veld
                                                    ram project 
                                                    Mr Boetie Burger: 082 331
                                                    2331 
                                                     
                                                    This is how a typically well 
													finished ram looks after the 
													test period !! 
                                                     
                                                     
                                                     
                                                    MSD Animal Health Contact person is :  
 Mr Charlie Hodgson 082 929 0934
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