Animal and Premise ID Resources
Pennsylvania Contact: For more information on premises identification in Pennsylvania, contact Ron Miller at the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture (717) 772-2852.
National Animal Identification Program (NAIS) Homepage for USDA NAIS program. Online premise registry and lots of infomation on the NAIS program.
In the News
USDA Purchases Electronic ID Tags to Advance Animal Disease Control Capability (10/19/2007)
Recent News About NAIS. USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Links
Electronic Animal ID the Feasibility and Potential - Dr. David Wolfgang, Penn State Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences Extension
RFID page - Lancaster Dairy Herd Improvement Association. Overview of RFID technology as used in a dairy herd setting, along with DHIA's role in animal ID.
WLIC - Wisconsin Livestock Identification Consortium Premesis Registration is mandatory in Wisconsin. This site gives details about premesis registration and animal ID as it pertains to farms in Wisconsin.
Michigan RFID Education Task Force
Mailing List
NDHIAID@dhia.org
NDHIAID mailing list
Other Extension Resources
Animal ID - Beef Center. University of Minnesota. This site provides very practical information about how RFID technology works; and comparisons of tags and tag readers.
Managing Cattle Enterprise Risk with Electronic Animal Identification. Texas A&M. Designed for beef producers, this site contains technical information about tags, readers and software, which is also applicable to dairy cattle. Photos are included which show how to apply tags and use readers.
OKAnimalID.com. Oklahoma State University
National Animal ID for Horses. University of Minnesota. Unbiased research for horse owners.
U.S. CATTLE IDENTIFICATION SYSTEMS: Risk Management and Market Opportunities. Western Extension Marketing Committee, Livestock Marketing Information Center, Western Center for Risk Management Education
Animal ID. UC Davis Cooperative Extension
Setting the Record Straight: Premises Identification and Animal ID Clemson University Livestock-Poultry Health
National Animal Identification Plan in the Works. Colorado State University Cooperative Extension
