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ArticleTranslational animal science2021

Evaluation of non-invasive bioforensic techniques for determining the age of hot-iron brand burn scars in cattle.

Douglas R Tolleson, David W Schafer

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Article in Translational animal science, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Douglas R TollesonAgricultural Experiment Station, The University of Arizona, V Bar V Ranch, Rimrock, AZ 86335, USA.
David W SchaferAgricultural Experiment Station, The University of Arizona, V Bar V Ranch, Rimrock, AZ 86335, USA.
University of Arizona · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hot-iron branding is a traditional form of permanent cattle identification in the United States. There is a need for science-based determination of cattle brand age. Near infrared reflectance spectroscopy (NIRS) has been used to obtain information about animal tissues and healing processes. Height-width allometry and NIRS were applied to hot-iron cattle brand scars to determine if either or both of these methods can be used to non-invasively establish the interval sincethe application of hot-iron cattle brands. Length and width of a brand routinely applied to calves (~30-60 d old) were established and then the same measurements were recorded on 378 calfhood branded cattle of known age ranging from 0.5 to > 6.5 yr-of-age. Brand width and height increased over the original measurements by > 100% between calfhood application and 2.5 yr-of-age (

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bioforensicburn scarcattlehot-iron brandnear infrared spectroscopy

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PMID34278240
PMCPMC8280919
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