Virginia Cooperative Extension has created a training CD and will offer educational programs beginning in April to assist with implementing the national animal identification program in Virginia.

On 10 November 2004, the Animal Plant and Health Inspection Service (APHIS) of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) amended the regulations to recognize additional numbering systems for ...

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 ...

On 5 May, the US Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (USDA APHIS) announced a draft of a strategic plan for the development of the National Animal Identification ...

The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) released its plans this week for a national network to identify animals exposed to infections such as bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE). The initial ...

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 ...

The American Horse Council reports that the Department of Agriculture has taken another step toward the implementation of the National Animal Identification System (NAIS) to trace animal movements in ...

A controversial national animal identification system will be the subject of a public meeting next week in Chickasha, organizers said Thursday. Don Grissom, campaign manager for Fourth District ...

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 ...