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  • Adopt the surveillance and identification components of the preexisting brucellosis program, including the metal eartag and tattoo that identifies the state-of-origin and the local veterinarian who applied the identification devices, and require breeding stock not otherwise identified through breed registries to be identified at the first point of ownership transfer.

    Group Brings Vilsack 8-Point Alternative to NAIS 2009

  • All a meatpacker would have to do is collect the NAIS numbers from cattle they slaughter that are of the quality and type they desire and contact the eartag manufacturer to determine the owner of the “premises” those cattle are linked to.

    NAIS will Reduce Competition in U.S. Cattle Industry 2009

  • With a phone call to that state, the identity of the local veterinarian who applied the eartag and the location of the original owner could be found.

    NAIS Will Hamper Cattle Disease Traceback Efforts 2009

  • Under the existing system, a cow suspected of a disease anywhere in the U.S. would bear a metal eartag with a prefix number that identifies the state from which the animal originated.

    NAIS Will Hamper Cattle Disease Traceback Efforts 2009

  • Compare this process to the cattle producer who simply places a small eartag in his cattle.

    NAIS vs. the Equine Owner 2009

  • "USDA - through its recent NAIS listening sessions - should be aware without a doubt of the countryside's overwhelming opposition to this program, and as such, should listen to the producers who have a genuine stake in this issue rather than to the self-interested corporate eartag manufacturers and corporate meatpackers that are pushing this program for financial gain," said R-CALF USA President/Region VI Director Max Thornsberry,

    Yet Again, Group Urges USDA to Withdraw NAIS Plans 2009

  • Goliath died in '04, and besides, he had a purple eartag in his left ear.

    Is this the Next New World Record Whitetail? 2007

  • Sen-Det Malloch said sheep were not branded, but they had an eartag which was more easily removed and replaced.

    NEWS.com.au | Top Stories 2011

  • "The dingo eartag register currently has records for 231 individual dingoes," Ms Palaszczuk said.

    Media Newswire 2010

  • "All our produce is labelled with the breed, eartag number, who supplied it, who bred it and where it was killed," he explains.

    FWi - All News 2010

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