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Tattoo

Last Updated: May 21, 2012

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Tattoo - An indelible or permanent means of identification generally placed in the animal's ear(s). The tattoo typically would include numbers and letters and would indicate an identification number and/or the litter number, as well as the year the animal was born.

A method of on-dog identification

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