The Federal government has said that the newly launched National Animal Identification and Traceability System (NAITS) would curb livestock rustling, facilitate interventions, as well as provision of ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has approved a passive ultrahigh-frequency (UHF) RFID tag for cattle tracking that will be used in conjunction with the agency’s Animal Identification Number ...

BILLINGS, Mont. -- It appears that in Wisconsin, which has mandated the first prong of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Animal Identification System through agency rule making, ...

An animal identification system likely played a key role in locating the farm where Canada's BSE-infected cow lived. The 8-year-old beef cow was slaughtered Jan. 31 with pneumonia symptoms. Its brain ...

The NAIS is being developed by the USDA and respective state agencies, in cooperation with industry, to enable 48 hour trace back of the movements of any diseased or exposed animal. The main goal of ...

The Agriculture Department has released a draft plan for tracking animal movements to speed its response to potential outbreaks such as mad-cow disease. The Agriculture Department has released a draft ...

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OWATONNA, Minn. — Changes to the state's animal identification system are expected to take effect next month. Brad Peterson, a district veterinarian with the Minnesota Board of Animal Health, outlined ...

RUBY VALLEY, Nev. -- USDA has become the enemy. People who sign up for the National Animal Identification System -- even those who are signed up without their knowledge -- may find that they have ...