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National Livestock Identification System (NLIS)

NLIS is the identification and traceability system for livestock. NLIS allows individual animals to be identified and tracked from their property of birth through to slaughter.

Lifetime traceability improves product integrity and market access (particularly for export markets), and assists with the management of disease and chemical residue issues.

Your place (property) must be registered with DPI&F if you keep one or more head of horses, cattle, sheep, goats, pigs, buffalo, deer, camelids (camels, llama, alpaca), or 100 or more poultry including caged birds. If you are a cattle, sheep, pig or goat producer, or work in the livestock industry, you are required to observe NLIS requirements.  

Features

Council amalgamations impact on NLIS

Shire amalgamations

NLIS to continue as usual.

NLIS cattle photo

Small area landholders

You can now apply for rebates on Bluetooth technology upgrades to NLIS readers.

NLIS requirements for:

NLIS quick links

Page maintained by Kerrie Appleyard
Last updated 29 April 2008
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