Alabama Scrapie Eradication Program Flock ID Application/Tag Order/Tattoo Registration Form For questions about scrapie or ordering your tags, please call 866-USDA-TAG (1-866-873-2824) or 334-240-7215 RECORDS OF TAGS OR
Owner Name: ______OTHER OFFICIAL Farm Name: ______IDENTIFICATION Physical Street Address (where sheep/goats are located): ______APPLIED, SALES AND ______ACQUISITIONS MUST BE Mailing Address (if different from above): ______KEPT FOR 5 YEARS ______AFTER ANIMAL IS SOLD City: ______, AL Zip: ______OR DISPOSED OF. County: ______Home Phone #: ______TIPS Work Phone #: ______Cell Phone #: ______Email Address: ______ Previously tagged animals do not need Number of Adult Goats: ______Number of Adult Sheep: ______to be re-tagged. Federal law states it is
My goats are identified with a registered tattoo. My tattoo is: ______unlawful to remove official Primary Breeds of Sheep and/or Goats: identification. ______ It is the responsibility of the owner to Send me information on the Scrapie Flock Certification Program: ensure that animals are officially o Select Monitored Category o Export Category identified prior to change of ownership.
Have you ordered Scrapie Eradication Tags previously? o Yes o No If yes, what is your USDA-assigned Flock/Herd ID? ______USDA/APHIS/ Veterinary Services
Do you have a National Premise ID? 1445 Federal Drive o Yes o No Suite 228 If yes, what is your National Premise ID? ______Montgomery, AL 36107 Phone: 334-551-2180 Number of tags requested: o o o o o 10 20 40 60 100 For more information, visit: Please return this form to the following http://agi.alabama.gov/divisions/ address: animal-industries/scrapie Alabama Department of Agriculture and Industries Animal Industries 1445 Federal Drive, Room 126 1445 Federal Drive, Room 126 Montgomery, AL 36107 Montgomery, AL 36107 https://www.aphis.usda.gov/aphis/ ourfocus/animalhealth/animal-disease- Or, you may email or fax this form to: information/sheep-and-goat-health Email: [email protected] [email protected] Phone: 334-240-7215 (334) 240-7167 Fax: 334-240-7167 SIGN UP FOR A FLOCK ID TODAY. SEE HANDOUT TO FIND OUT HOW 1-866-USDA-TAG TO OBTAIN FREE TAGS! Official Identification for Sheep and Goats Types Of Movements What is Required? Official Eartags including RFID tags The National Scrapie Eradication Program, SLAUGHTER Options for earless goats: (1) An eartag may be coordinated by the U.S. Department of applied to a neck strap/collar such that the collar or Sheep and goats moving from their farm of origin to a Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health eartag must be cut to remove the collar; (2) slaughter establishment WITHIN Alabama are Inspection Service (APHIS), is a mandatory Backtags applied near the poll for direct to exempted from ID requirements. Information program that began in 2001 and requires slaughter movement captured within an owner hauler statement1 must be participation by ALL sheep and goat producers. provided to the slaughter establishment. Producers must follow federal and state RFID tags require a premises ID. regulations for officially identifying their sheep Official eartags may not be placed in any tissue ALL sheep and goats moving out-of-state must meet and goats. Some states have ID requirements other than the ear. the entry and state of origin requirements prior to that are stricter than the federal requirements. transport. Requires an owner hauler statement1 or in Please check your state’s identification Group/Lot Identification some states, an ICVI. requirements. In Alabama, sheep and goats must Format: Flock ID-MMDDYY-sequence number be identified prior to a change of ownership. A premises ID can be used in place of a flock ID LIVESTOCK MARKET
Requirements to move within If no flock or premise ID, a dealer license number Alabama: Sheep and goats moving through a livestock market (if registered) can be utilized. must be officially identified with visual ID (i.e. an ALL sheep and goats must be officially identified before a change of ownership by An owner hauler statement1 is required eartag). any method. Flock ID tattoos * In-State: All sheep and goats arriving without official EXEMPTION: Alabama sheep and goats ID must provide information required for the owner moving from farm directly to an instate A combination of the flock ID number and an hauler statement1 to the livestock market. livestock market or slaughter establishment. individual number unique within the flock.
Requirements to move out of The numbers are placed in different ears or in same Out-of-State: All sheep and goats (with or without Alabama: ear with flock ID above the individual number or, in official identification) must move on an owner hauler statement1 or ICVI. Check with destination state . ALL sheep and goats must be officially the case of absent or injured ears, the tail fold or in identified animals where the tail fold is too small, the flank. Check destination state’s requirements An owner hauler statement1 is required . (some states may require an ICVI or owner hauler statement) Breed Registry Tattoos* ALL sheep and goats moving out-of-state Registry tattoo must be approved by USDA and must meet the entry and state of origin requirements prior to transport. maintained in APHIS’ database . Animal is accompanied with registry certificate. What is Official ID? Electronic Implantable Devices (EID)* Official ID provides permanent identification of livestock and ensure the Location: base of ear or tail with accompanying ability to find the source of animal disease tattoo in the ear to denote location (“E” if implant outbreaks. SIGN UP FOR A FLOCK ID TODAY. in ear; “ET” if implant is in the tail fold). Official ID are those approved for use in Require a premises ID SEE ATTACHED HANDOUT ON sheep and goats with the US shield printed HOW TO OBTAIN FREE TAGS! onto the tag or any *Restrictions may apply approved devices listed 1An owner hauler statement is a signed written statement that includes owner’s on USDA’s Sheep and information, hauler’s information (if different from owner), date animals moved, Call us at 334-240-7215 to receive a flock ID (your Goat Health website. flock identification or premises ID number, animal information (number of unique AL number), premises ID and to order tags! animals, species and breed), point of origin name and address and destination