You will need this registration if you intend to have a livestock identifier that marks your ownership. Livestock include cattle, sheep, horses and pigs. A livestock identifier can be:
- a body brand (cattle, sheep and horses)
- an ear mark (cattle and sheep)
- a management tag (cattle)
- a tattoo (pigs).
Livestock identification is essential for enabling livestock to be traced. Traceability delivers food safety assurances for customers and consumers, and is critical in the management of emergency livestock disease responses.
The use of body branding for sheep, cattle and horses and earmarking for cattle and sheep is optional, however if used they must be registered. Please note there are specifications for the design and dimensions of earmarks, body brands, management tags and tattoos.
