NATIONAL LIVESTOCK IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM

• COMPUTER DATABASED AND CENTRALLY COORDINATED WITH NATIONAL & DISTRICT REGISTRARS FOR LIVESTOCK IDENTIFICATION DEVICES AND PROPERTY IDENTIFICATION
• INITIALLY WILL BE A DOUBLE EAR TAG SYSTEM WITH CODED NUMBERS ISSUED & COORDINATED BY THE REGISTRAR WITH HIGH TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS SUCH AS CHIPS & RFIDS ALLOWABLE AS PERSONAL IDENTIFICATION SYSTEMS AND NOT NATIONAL TO CATER FOR SPECIFIC NEEDS/INTERESTS
• REGISTRARS WILL BE AT DISTRICT ADMINISTERING THE DISTRICT LIVESTOCK REGISTRY AND AT THE NATIONAL VEVEL ADMINISTERING THE CENTRAL /NATIONAL LIVESTOCK REGISTRY
• HARDENED PLASTIC MATERIAL WILL BE ADOPTED FOR THE EAR TAGS AS THEY ARE LIGHT, CORROSION FREE, CAN BE MOULDED AND COLOURED PER PREFERENCE.
• IDENTIFICATION TO START WITH WILL BE VOLUNTARY, PROGRESSIVELY PHASED AND INVOLVING TRADE OR HIGH VALUE STOCKS THAT CAN MEET THE PREMIUM COSTS OF IDENTIFICATION AND DERIVE BENEFITS FROM IT.
• IDENTIFICATION CAN BE AT FARM LEVEL AT BIRTH FOR ALL ANIMALS OR FOR ANIMALS DESTINED FOR THE LIVESTOCK MARKET
• THE LIVESTOCK KEEPER WILL ADMINISTER THE EAR TAGS THEMSELVES ASSIGNED TO THEM BY THE REGISTRAR

Proposed coding

Proposed Livestock Identification number cording