Thousands of RFID livestock ear tags distributed

Since the U.S. Department of Agriculture began offering the option of no-cost radio frequency identification livestock ear tags in early 2020, the state veterinarian’s office has dispensed thousands of tags across Colorado.

Used by veterinarians and producers in young beef, dairy or bison breeding replacements, the free RFID tags connect to electronic databases that are used on a daily basis.

The databases are safe, protected from open records requests and used exclusively for animal health and disease control purposes. Disease events that took days or weeks to search through paper information can be now queried in a variety of ways in minutes.

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