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      "identify them with ear tags and passports",
      "protect health and welfare",
      "trace them through the food chain"
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      "Beef, dairy and dual-purpose breeds",
      "Individual identification required in many countries",
      "Major source of emissions and land use"
    ],
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      "Breed features such as Brangus or Lebedyn",
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      "zebu cattle",
      "feral cattle"
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      {
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        "why": "products"
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        "relation": "is kept in",
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        "value_or_pattern": "country code plus number",
        "note": "EU identification"
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        "scheme": "cattle passport",
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      "Disease outbreaks such as bovine TB or foot-and-mouth",
      "Welfare problems",
      "Environmental impacts"
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        "Feed, water and monitor cattle on the keeper's instructions.",
        "Read ear tags and report animals' movements to the keeper.",
        "Report signs of illness, injury or distress."
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        "Strike, overcrowd or neglect cattle, or move them in ways that cause injury or panic.",
        "Treat cattle with medicines a veterinarian has not prescribed.",
        "Move cattle without the identification and movement records the law requires.",
        "Let cattle stray onto roads or other people's land."
      ],
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        "Slaughtering, culling or selling an animal.",
        "Responding to a suspected notifiable disease."
      ]
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        "Cattle are sentient animals whose welfare depends on how they are kept.",
        "Livestock disease and farming practices affect food safety, public health and the climate."
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        "The cattle",
        "Farmers and keepers",
        "Consumers and neighbours"
      ]
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      ]
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      "id": "wikipedia-en",
      "title": "Wikipedia: Cattle",
      "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cattle",
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      "checked_by": "wikidata-api sitelink"
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                "description": "Identification.",
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                  {
                    "text": "What is the animal identification number?",
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                  {
                    "text": "Where has it moved?",
                    "kind": "provenance"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          },
          {
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                    "text": "Which breed and purpose?",
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                  {
                    "text": "What sex and age class?",
                    "kind": "definition"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          }
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                    "text": "Is health care up to date?",
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                  }
                ]
              }
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                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "Which diseases must be reported?",
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                  {
                    "text": "To whom?",
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                  }
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                    "text": "Are welfare needs met?",
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                  {
                    "text": "Which code applies?",
                    "kind": "provenance"
                  }
                ]
              }
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            "id": "handling",
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                "id": "handling-finding",
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                  {
                    "text": "How can cattle be handled safely?",
                    "kind": "action"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "What are the risks with bulls and cows with calves?",
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                  }
                ]
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            ]
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        "id": "products-and-impact",
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            "description": "Meat and milk.",
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                "id": "products-finding",
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                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "Which products come from this herd?",
                    "kind": "definition"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "Which food safety rules apply?",
                    "kind": "provenance"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          },
          {
            "id": "impact",
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            "description": "Emissions.",
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                "id": "impact-finding",
                "name": "Impact",
                "description": "Environmental impact.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "What is the environmental footprint?",
                    "kind": "measurement"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "Which method?",
                    "kind": "provenance"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
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  "openQuestions": [
    "Should breeds be separate entries?",
    "How should identification systems be linked?",
    "How should environmental footprints be reported?"
  ],
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    "questions": 16
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