Animal identification. II. Freeze branding of seals for laboratory identification.
Five young seals and three mature seals were branded using liquid nitrogen cooled branding tools with xylol as a wetting agent. Preliminary results are encouraging as presented by photographic evidence.
D000818:Animals; D010872:Caniformia; D005615:Freezing; D009584:Nitrogen; D012867:Skin / Q000187:drug effects*
D009584:Nitrogen