National Animal Identification System hold one or more heads of livestock including horses, cattle, sheep, goats, pigs, deer and camels, though the NLIS will not confirm ownership of livestock. The system originates from a cattle-tracing system introduced in Australia in the 1960s to help fight bovine tuberculosis. The Australian system has over 11,000,000 phantom livestock in the system that do not exist. This system costs farmers money because of the increased handling time and lost margins when tags do not match in the system resulting in lower payments to farmers. New Zealand is planning a similar National Animal Identification and Tracing system. National Animal
National Office of Animal Health and across industry practitioners where the information that they provide is highly valuable. The NOAH Compendium is a collection of datasheets on the majority of animal medicine, health and welfare topics such as "The Safety of Food from Animals" and "Antibiotics for Animals". The NOAH Compendium database can also be searched by active ingredient, manufacturer name, animal species and therapeutic indication. The database allows the user to drill down into specific medicines to find the manufacturer details (including address and contact information), product names, their uses and their ingredients. NOAH also runs a public-facing website called Pet Health Information that