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 Equine Diseases of Concern Paper. more

Radio Frequency Identification Devices (microchips) for Equines.  more

Informational Powerpoint on the Equine Identification Task Force.  more

ESWG Equine Identification Update Powerpoint. more

USDA

Coming soon revised ESWG recommendations to USDA.

Equine Species Working Group Provides Initial Recommendations to USDA. more

Equine Species Working Group comments submitted to USDA in response to the July 2004 Advance Notice of Proposed Rule.  more

ESWG Comments on USDA Proposal on Animal ID Plan.  more

 

Press Releases

National Animal Identification System: Premise Registration-July 2005

The National Animal Identification System (NAIS) is a program intended to identify animals and record their movements throughout their lives. more

 

National Animal Identification System--July 2005

In Fall of 2003, the American Horse Council (AHC) organized a task force to evaluate the feasibility of standardizing equine identification in the U.S.  more

 

USDA Seeks Comment on Aspects of National Animal ID Plan--August 2004

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is seeking input from the public on the Department’s approach to setting up the National Animal Identification System (NAIS). more

 

 

House Agriculture Subcommittee Holds Hearing on Animal ID

The Livestock Subcommittee of the House Agriculture Committee held a hearing on July 22, 2004 to review the status of the Department of Agriculture's National Animal Identification System.   more

 

 

American Horse Council Hosts Forum on Equine Identification--May 2004

Members of the U.S. horse industry gathered for a day-long forum at the American Horse Council’s annual convention in Washington, DC to hear an update on the national standardized identification system for horses.  more

 

 

The US Animal Identification Plan and the Horse Industry--March, 2004

Many in the horse industry are learning of the US Animal Identification Plan (USAIP or Plan) and they are naturally concerned about what it means to horseowners.   more

 

 

AHC to Organize Task Force on National ID System for Horses--October 2003

Over the last year or so the concept of a national identification system for horses has been discussed at various meetings.   more

 

National Identification System for Horses Debated at AHC Meeting--October 2003

Various livestock groups have been debating the issues surrounding the initiation of an enhanced national animal identification system for over a decade.  more

 

 

Equine Identification and the Horse Industry--February, 2003

The issue of a national horse identification system has been discussed in various corners of the horse industry for years, but it wasn’t until the American Horse Council’s 2002 convention that the issue made its way to the industry’s national attention.  more