IRELAND PIG ID
June 1st, 2002
BY JONATHAN THOMSONTHE IRISH GOVERNMENT is about to launch a pig-tracing system to help prevent the spread of Aujeszky's disease.All pigs travelling to abattoirs will be identified with a slap mark and will be tagged during all other movements, under the National Pig Identification and Tracing System (NPITS). Identification will be on herds rather than on an individual basis.NPITS will record tag information on a database, monitoring in "real-time" all movements including imports and exports. These will be notified via email or text messaging. Aidan Murray, of ...
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