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CAMELID
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Q.
What is the National Animal Identification System (NAIS)?
Q.
Why Is a National Animal Identification System (NAIS) Needed?
Q. Will I Have to Permanently
Identify or Microchip ALL My Animals?
Q. Can the Microchips Currently
in Common Use in Camelids, i.e. the 9, 10 or 12-Character, 125- and 128-kHz
Microchips, be Grandfathered in as a Means of Official Identification
in the NAIS for the Lifetime of the Animal?
Q. Will the CWG be Assertive with
USDA on the Request From Owners NOT to Have to Re-chip Our Animals?
Q. Will All Camelids be Required
to Have 134.2 kHz Microchips in 2009 When the NAIS is Expected to Become
Mandatory?
Q. If an Animal Doesn’t Currently
Have a 125- or 128-kHz Microchip and the Owner Implants One in the Future,
Will They be Grandfathered in Also?
Q. Can Camelid Owners Continue
to Use 125-kHz Microchips Indefinitely?
Q. Why Might Grandfathering of
the 125- or 128-kHz Microchips be Limited to Registered Camelids?
Q. Neither the 125- or 128-kHz Microchips
Have the Requisite 15-digits With the USA Country Code, so How Could They
be Used for Official Identification?
Q. If I Want to Buy a New Reader,
Should it be Able to Read Both 125 and 134.2 kHz Microchips?
Q. USDA Has Announced That it is
Giving $14.3 Million to States and Tribes for Premises Registration. Is
There Any Way That Llama/Alpaca Owners Will Get a Portion of This for
Microchipping Our Animals?
Q. Where Do I Go to Register My
Farm?
Q. I Only Own One Animal – Do I
Still Need to Register My Premises?
Q. Where Do I Get an Animal Identification
Number (AIN)?
General
NAIS Questions
(extracted from http://animalid.aphis.usda.gov/nais/faq/index.shtml)
Premises Registration
Q. What is premises registration?
Q. What is a premises?
Q. Am I required by law to register my premises?
Q. Why should I register my premises?
Q. How do I register my premises?
Q. What information do I have to provide to register my premises?
Q. Can I discontinue participation in NAIS after I register my premises?
Animal Identification Q. What is animal identification?
Q. Am I required to participate in animal identification if I choose to register my premises?
Q. Does NAIS allow for animals to be identified as a group?
Q. How can I purchase official animal identification number (AIN) tags?
Animal Tracing
Q. What is animal tracing?
Q. What benefit does animal tracing provide?
Background and General
Q. I received a survey in the mail from the National Agricultural Statistics Service. It appears to be about NAIS. What is this?
Q. Who is participating in this survey? How did NASS obtain my name?
Q. Is this survey part of or related to the National Animal Identification System?
Q. Will NASS share the results of its survey with APHIS, or forward information to the National Animal Identification System's databases?
Q. Will APHIS share its National Animal Identification System information with NASS?
Q. Many animals are already identified through disease control programs - so why do we need NAIS?
Q. Why is it important to quickly find potentially exposed premises and animals?
Q. Will my private information be protected? |
