USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has taken another step toward limiting the impact of an outbreak of foreign animal diseases by amending and strengthening its animal disease ...

LITTLE ROCK — A roundtable discussion hosted by the Department of Agriculture on Friday in Washington kicked off a "listening tour" to gather public opinion on the future of animal identification and ...

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 ...

March 31, 2008–Many governments are encouraging or mandating the use of RFID tags to track cattle, pigs and chickens, to protect their food supply from contamination and spoilage. Some livestock ...

Source: Denise Derrer – Indiana State Board of Animal Health (BOAH) Electronic identification in the form of radio frequency identification (RFID) tags continues to be the standard for identifying ...

Licensing, proper identification and responsible vetting — along with promptly reporting found dogs — are key to keeping pets ...