| 摘要 |
<p>An identification tag (T) with an hourglass configuration for livestock or other animals having a pair of separable tapered, geometric solid portions (12, 14) in the preferred form of conical sections wherein each portion has a large end and a small end whose sides taper at an acute angle away from the plane of an opening (15) cut in the ear (10) or other tissue of the animal to be tagged. No pressure is applied to the tissue around the opening (15) and air is allowed to reach all portions of the opening (15) to enhance healing. Piercing means (18) extend from the smaller end of one of the portions (12) and is used to form the opening in the ear. The piercing means (18) is secured to the smaller end of the other portion (14) after it has been passed through the opening.</p> |
