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How-to: Complete a tag replacement

RFID tags should remain with an animal for life, but if they fall out, or cannot be read electronically, State regulations may allow replacements. If tag replacements are allowed and animals are still on the property of birth, producers apply a new breeder tag. In any other case, a new post-breeder tag must be applied.

RFID breeder tags for cattle must be white. Post-breeder tags for cattle must be orange.

RFID breeder tags for sheep and goats are often yellow but can follow the 8-year ‘Year of birth’ colour rotation system adopted for visual ear tags. Post-breeder tags for sheep and goats must be pink.

Before a Replaced tags transaction can be submitted to the database, several conditions must be met:

• The person wishing to record the transaction must know the NLISID or RFID of the old and new tags.
• The old and new tags must both be registered to the same PIC on the NLIS Database, and that PIC must be linked to the account of the person submitting the Replaced tag transaction.  Note: Run the Beast enquiry report to find out whether both tags are registered to the same PIC.
• The new (replacement) tag cannot have any transfers recorded against it. Note: If the new tag has a transfer, it can be reversed with the Transfer correction transaction but authorisation may first need to be obtained from relevant bodies e.g. EUCAS, for EU cattle.

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