title: National individual identification of horses.
abstract: Methods of equine identification including signalment, blood typing tattooing and freeze marking are discussed. A new system of individually identifying horses with an unalterable freeze mark is proposed. Unalterable numerical and alphabetical symbols have been developed to apply a registration number to the animal.
mesh_terms: D000823:Animal Identification Systems / Q000295:instrumentation; D000818:Animals; D001315:Australia; D001789:Blood Group Antigens; D005615:Freezing; D006736:Horses / Q000097:blood; D012042:Registries; D013653:Tattooing; D014481:United States
chemical_list: D001789:Blood Group Antigens