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A Business Plan to Advance Animal Disease Traceability:
http://animalid.aphis.usda.gov/nais/naislibrary/documents/plans_reports/NAIS_Business_Plan.pdf

National Animal Identification System (NAIS) - A User Guide and Additional Information Resources - Version 2.0 December 2007:
http://animalid.aphis.usda.gov/nais/naislibrary/documents/guidelines/NAIS-UserGuide.pdf

USDA National Animal Identification System: http://animalid.aphis.usda.gov/nais/
Direct link to NAIS list of states and state ID coordinator contact info:
http://animalid.aphis.usda.gov/nais/contact_us/directories.shtml

Alpaca Owners & Breeders Assoc. (AOBA): http://www.alpacainfo.com/

Alpaca Registry, Inc. (ARI): http://www.alpacaregistry.net

American Veterinary Medical Assoc. Information on Microchip/Electronic Identification: http://www.avma.org/issues/microchipping/default.asp

Collectible Llamas, Inc: http://www.theCLI.org/

Equine Species Working Group: http://www.equinespeciesworkinggroup.com

GAO (Government Accountability Office) Report 07-592: [NAIS] USDA Needs to Resolve Several Key Implementation Issues to Achieve Rapid and Effective Disease Traceback

• The Executive Summary of GAO Report 07-592:
  http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d07592high.pdf
• Full text of the 90-page GAO Report 07-592:
  http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d07592.pdf

Intl. Camelid Institute (ICI): http://www.icinfo.org

Intl. Lama Registry (ILR): http://www.lamaregistry.com/

National Conference of State Legislatures: http://www.ncsl.org/public/leglinks.cfm
(To search for current bills or laws about animal ID in your state.)

National Institute for Animal Agriculture (NIAA): http://www.animalagriculture.org
NIAA ID Info/Expo 2005 (Sept. 27-29, 2005 in Chicago):
http://www.animalagriculture.org/id/IDINFOEXPO2005/Default.htm
NIAA ID Info/Expo 2006 (Aug. 22-24, 2006 in Kansas City, MO):
http://animalagriculture.org/Proceedings/2006IDProceedings.asp

Suri Llama Association: http://www.surillama.com/

Do Microchips Cause Cancer? 24Petwatch.com Responds:
http://www.24petwatch.com/do-microchips-cause-cancer.asp

U.S. Animal Health Association (USAHA): http://www.usaha.org
2004 Committee on Livestock ID: http://www.usaha.org/committees/reports/2004/report-id-2004.pdf
2005 Committee on Livestock ID: http://www.usaha.org/committees/reports/2005/report-id-2005.pdf