Animal Identification is a national concern with regional, state, and local implications.  The state of Wisconsin through the Wisconsin Livestock Identification Consortium (WLIC) has been a leader in addressing these concerns and working with agencies, organizations, and companies on the state and national level. 

National Animal Identification Needs and Benefits

National animal identification (ID) will protect American animal agriculture by providing producers and animal health officials with the infrastructure to:

• Improve efforts in current disease eradication and control 
•  Protect against foreign animal disease outbreaks  
•  Address threats from deliberate introduction of disease

Animal identification is designed to reduce the financial and social impacts of a potential disease outbreak. It is important to uphold and continue confidence in agricultural and our livestock products.

More about the National Identification Efforts