NAIS

The National Animal Identification System (NAIS) is a cooperative state-federal-industry partnership to standardize and expand animal identification programs and practices to all livestock species and poultry. The long-term goal of the NAIS is to provide animal health officials with the capability to identify all livestock and premises that have had direct contact with a disease of concern within 48 hours of discovery.

 NAIS is being developed in three stages:

  1. Premises Identification
  2. Animal Identification
  3. Animal Tracking

To learn more about NAIS, visit www.usda.gov/nais.
Register Your Premises
“We need to register our premises to help open up doors to foreign countries, as the beef industry is now a global market. It's my duty as a seedstock producer to be a leader in this industry, and I see no reason not to support and promote premises registration. ”

John McCurry
Angus seedstock producer, Burrton, KS