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2.1 Breeder and Post-breeder devices may be
in the form of an ear tag, or a rumen
bolus/ear tag combination. Devices shall
contain a half duplex (HDX) transponder
complying with the ISO 11784 and ISO 11785
standards, or an alternate machine readable
technology approved by the NLIS Standards
Committee. The unique number encoded within
each transponder must be non-reprogrammable.
2.2 The permission of the NLIS Standards
Committee must be sought prior to the
recycling for resale of Breeder and
Post-breeder devices or the transponders
that they contain. The NLIS Standards
Committee will determine in regard to each
device or transponder the terms and
conditions under which recycling is
permitted in consultation with relevant
State/Territory authorities.
2.3 Permanent identification devices to be
supplied for use by producers as part of the
NLIS are classified as follows:
a) Breeder devices, to be installed while
cattle are on their property of birth; and
b) Post-breeder devices, to be installed for
the permanent identification of cattle that
are no longer on their property of birth
that are not already identified with a
Breeder or Post-breeder device, including
cattle that have lost their Breeder device
after leaving their property of birth.
2.4 Breeder and Post-breeder devices shall
have the following characteristics:
a) other than rumen boluses be coloured as
follows:
White for the Breeder devices
Orange for the Post-breeder devices
b) be printed with a unique visually
readable NLIS number in the following
sequence consisting of:
the State/Territory approved 8 character
Property Identification Code (PIC),
2 alphanumeric characters in combination
coding for:
I. manufacturer as assigned by the NLIS
Technical Group; and
II. tag type (see attachment 1).
year of supply (using the Australian
Breedplan alpha character for that
particular year or a State/Territory
approved numeral).
a 4 or 5 character serial number.
2.5 Each device shall be marked with the
NLIS logo and the words ‘Do not remove’.
This information shall appear on the
component of ear tags designed to be placed
on the outside of the ear.
2.6 Where the Breeder or Post-breeder device
is a rumen bolus/ear tag combination, a
large non-recyclable permanent ear tag in
white (for Breeder devices) or orange (for
Post-breeder devices) shall be provided.
Each ear tag shall be printed with the
unique cattle identification number in
visual form as specified in section
2.6 (b). The NLIS logo, ‘Do not remove’, and
the letter ‘R’ displayed prominently or the
word ‘RUMEN’ shall also be printed on each
such ear tag to alert producers, processors
and stock agents that a rumen bolus has been
installed.
2.7 It shall be possible to reliably machine
read installed devices in cattle moving
freely in single file past a reading point
with a portal width of 1.2m. It is vitally
important that devices be readable with a
very low failure rate on-farm and in
saleyard and abattoir lairage situations
because of the considerable inconvenience
associated with the need to run cattle past
a fixed reader on more than one occasion.
2.8 Transponders complying with ISO 11784
and ISO 11785 shall be encoded with the
relevant manufacturer’s code granted by the
International Committee on Animal Recording
(ICAR).
2.9 The NLIS Standards Committee may assess
and endorse devices containing transponders
which are not ISO compliant HDX transponders
or alternate machine readable technology
provided;
(a) there is a clearly demonstrated net
commercial advantage to the cattle industry
associated with the introduction of such
technology, and
(b) the operation of such technology and
associated readers will not impact adversely
on the reading of devices containing ISO
compliant HDX transponders or the NLIS
database.
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