INDUSTRY FIELD GUIDE
Sheep and goat identification records for AI evaluation
A farm may record a barn number, flock identifier, and an individual animal identifier.
NAICS 112410 · Sheep Farming
NAICS 112420 · Goat Farming
A farm may record a barn number, flock identifier, and an individual animal identifier. Those fields play different roles. APHIS publishes sheep and goat identification and recordkeeping guidance. A farm can design an identity reconciliation sample using invented tags and a documented crosswalk. APHIS sheep and goat identification · APHIS identification and recordkeeping fact sheet
Give a model a short register with two farms that both use a common local number. Provide a reviewed crosswalk for one animal and an incomplete entry for another. Add an image of a neutral training tag with a digit hidden. Score whether the model separates farm, flock, and animal identifiers, cites its evidence, and avoids filling in the hidden digit. Include both species in evaluation if the dataset covers both.
Use deliberately fictional numbers. Keep owner, registry, premises, and health records out of the sample. Confirm whether photographs and reports belong to the farm or a registry.
Describe an identity matching exercise
Original Fiund exercise
Farm, flock and individual tag identifiers occupy different scopes
Two fictional farms use deliberately invalid practice identifiers. Original tag descriptions replace real images, with no registry, owner, premises or health information.
| Record | Source | What it records |
|---|---|---|
| SG1 | Reviewed register | Farm A, flock FA, local number 12 maps to individual DEMO-S1, species sheep. Farm B, flock FB also uses local number 12. |
| SG2 | Incomplete B entry | Farm B local 12, species goat; individual-ID crosswalk absent. No authority to reuse Farm A's mapping. |
| SG3 | Training tag view | Tag shows DEMO-G? with final character hidden. No complete-image or alternative identity evidence supplied. |
Question for the model
Which individual identity is verified, and can the B entry or hidden tag digit be completed from the shared local number?
Show the reference answer and checks
SG1 verifies only Farm A's FA/local-12 link to DEMO-S1 and its sheep label. SG2 belongs to another farm and flock context and lacks its individual crosswalk. SG3's hidden character remains unreadable. Neither the shared local number nor a probable-looking tag pattern supplies the missing identity. Keep farm, flock, species and individual ID separate rather than copying a sheep identity onto the goat entry or guessing a concealed character.
- Treating a farm-local number as a universal individual identifier.
- Filling a hidden tag character from a familiar pattern instead of evidence.
Fields to preserve
- Farm and flock aliases
- Defines identifier scope.
- Local versus individual ID and species
- Separates different identity fields.
- Crosswalk authority and visibility
- Supports or limits matching.
Test another case
Add a complete B crosswalk but leave the photo linkage absent. Require the register identity to resolve while the photographed tag's owner remains unverified.
Use deliberately artificial numbers and original labels. Exclude registry, premises and health records; verify farm and registry rights for any later imagery.
Discuss a contribution
Describe the sources you control, the task they could support and what has already been checked. Use the existing-data assessment for an archive or the collection brief for a new recording project. The contributor agreement defines Fiund’s licensing authority and compensation. A guide or fictional exercise does not establish an accepted collection or a sale.