Patent ID: 7235055

Claim:
A sampling device comprising: a male portion comprising a male base portion and a sample removal system, and a female portion comprising a first female base portion and a sample container, the sample removal system being removably located on the male base portion and the sample container being removably located at least in part within the first female base portion, the sample removal system being adapted to collect a biological sample from an animal being tagged as the male and female portions are brought together and in turn to be received within, and to seal the biological sample therein providing a sealed sample receiving space defined within the sample container, the sample removal system having provided therein an amount of sample preparative or preservative that is available to the biological sample within the sealed sample receiving space, wherein the sample container is held with the first female base portion such that as the male and female portions are brought together the thereby sealed sample container is pushed from the female portion, and wherein further the male base portion the first female base portion so brought together may not be separated without damage to the device.