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OBJECT TYPE: INSPECTION/FIXED/COLD/LIVESTOCK
DATE: 1955–1975
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1986.0842.002

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 2
Total Parts: 2
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: BRASS BRAND WITH STEEL HANDLE

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 17.9 cm
Width: 11.2 cm
Height: 6.5 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Industrial Technology
Category: Industrial equipment
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Unknown
Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Unknown
Period: PROBABLY C.1950S+
Canada: THESE BRANDS USED TO IDENTIFY LIVESTOCK INFECTED WITH BRUCELLOSIS AND TUBERCULOSIS. HUMANS MAY CONTRACT BRUCELLOSIS THROUGH CONTACT WITH ANIMAL CARCASSES, CONTAMINATED PENS OR STALLS, OR BY INGESTING UNPASTURIZED MILK & MILK PRODUCTS. TUBERCULOSIS MAY BE TRANSMITTED TO HUMANS VIA UNPASTURIZED MILK.
Function: TO IDENTIFY CATTLE CARRYING TUBERCULOSIS (T) OR BRUCELLOSIS (B) REACTOR BY MEANS OF COLD BRANDING.
Technical: COLD BRANDING IRONS ARE CHARACTERIZED BY A CONCAVE SURFACE INTO WHICH A CAUSTIC CHEMICAL PASTE OR FLUIDIS APPLIED. WHEN PRESSED AGAINST THE HIDE A MARK RESULTS, FIRST FORMING A SCAB AND WHEN THAT HEALS & IS SHED, LEAVES A PERMANENT BRAND. A SIMPLE, INEXPENSIVE AND LESS TRAUMATIC METHOD AS COMPARED TO FIRE BRANDS. FREEZE BRANDS WERE DEV'T IN LATE 1960S AND REPRESENT NEXT SIGNIFICANT DEV'T IN BRANDING
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: BRANDING HEAD IS AN UPPER CASE 'T'
Missing: N/A
Finish: Unknown
Decoration: N/A

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Unknown Manufacturer, Iron, branding, circa 1955–1975, Artifact no. 1986.0842, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1986.0842.002/

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