The NLIS (or National Livestock Identification Scheme) is being introduced in Australia in an effort to be able to trace animals from birth to slaughter. This will enable producers to find improvements in market access as well as aiding in disease management and issues relating to residue control.
The Queensland government has decreed that the NLIS will begin on July 1, 2005. All producers of cattle and pigs as well as producers with more than ten sheep, goats or camelids (alpacas, lamas or camels) will be required to be registered by the DPI & F. From 1 July most animals moved from one property to another or stock being sold through the saleyards (or privately) must be fitted with an individual electronic NLIS device, (either an ear tag or a rumen bolus).
To order the necessary tags producers will need to contact the DPI & F and have available their property number (or tail tag number). This information will then be checked against their database to make sure all information is up to date.
Once you receive the tags and they are applied to individual animals it is I the producers responsibility to notify the NLIS database of any transfer of NLIS numbers from one property to another. This must be done within 48 hours of the transfer. The chart below gives an outline of example cattle movements and who is responsible for ensuring the device is read and the NLIS database is notified
For further information regarding the implementation of NLIS you can contact your local Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries (DPI & F), phone the DPI & F Call Centre on 13 25 23 or visit the NLIS web site at www.dpi.qld.gov.au/nlis
Reading and transferring NLIS device numbers
To Saleyards
Saleyard operator reads device and notifies the NLIS database that animals have been transferred
Information gathered from A letter from the Director-General of the DPI&F to the livestock industry and Beeftalk Issue 19.
To order the necessary tags producers will need to contact the DPI & F and have available their property number (or tail tag number). This information will then be checked against their database to make sure all information is up to date.
Once you receive the tags and they are applied to individual animals it is I the producers responsibility to notify the NLIS database of any transfer of NLIS numbers from one property to another. This must be done within 48 hours of the transfer. The chart below gives an outline of example cattle movements and who is responsible for ensuring the device is read and the NLIS database is notified
For further information regarding the implementation of NLIS you can contact your local Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries (DPI & F), phone the DPI & F Call Centre on 13 25 23 or visit the NLIS web site at www.dpi.qld.gov.au/nlis
Reading and transferring NLIS device numbers
To Saleyards
Saleyard operator reads device and notifies the NLIS database that animals have been transferred
Information gathered from A letter from the Director-General of the DPI&F to the livestock industry and Beeftalk Issue 19.
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