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Backgroun info on what the heck is going on.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1565481/posts
USDA steps up efforts to track livestock

http://nationalpropertyowners.org
National Property Owners

Full research sections on National Animal Identification System (NAIS)

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1563271/posts
Healthy People 2010

Information on where the funding came from for NAIS

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1561077/posts
Animal Tagging and SCHOOL LUNCHES???

Information on some of the partners on these posts

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1564815/posts
Digital Angel and Microchip

Info on the technology that will be used for the tagging

http://animalid.aphis.usda.gov/nais/about/pdf/NAIS_Draft_Strategic_Plan_42505.pdf
The draft "Strategic Plan" for NAIS

Fun highlights:

list all of the animal codings includes:

Clams = CLM, crawfish = CRA, catfish = CTF, mussels = MSL, oysters = OYS, salmon = SAL, striped bass = SBA, shrimp = SHR, scallops = SLP, tilapia = TIL, trout = TRO, bovine (bison and cattle) = BOV, camelid (alpaca and llama) = CAM, caprine (goats) = CAP, deer = DEE, elk = ELK, equine (horses1) = EQU, ovine (sheep) = OVI, porcine (swine) = POR, chickens = CHI, ducks = DUC, geese = GEE, guineas = GUI, pigeon = PGN, pheasants = PHE, quail = QUA, turkeys = TUR. (Table 10, page 15 of the program standard. And then there is a much larger breakdown of breeds within categories in the technical standards supplement on pages 14-17.) http://animalid.aphis.usda.gov/nais/about/pdf/NAIS_Technical_Supplement_072605.pdf