National Animal Identification System will put small farmers out of business, by requiring that farmers pay the cost of registration devices of between $1 and $20 for each animal. Large, corporate factory farms which are connected to vertically integrated, birth-to-death factory systems ID and pay by the herd (and not the individual animal), while small farmers must pay it for each animal. The National Animal Identification System covers most livestock species, including cattle, poultry, horses, donkeys, mules, sheep, goats and swine, as well as bison, deer, elk, llamas, alpacas and even some fish species, under the heading of aquaculture. Household pets such as cats
British Society of Animal Science the society was renamed, and the journal retitled to "Animal Science". A partnership with Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA) and European Federation for Animal Science publish the journal "Animal: An International Journal of Animal Bioscience". The journal is a merge of three journals including the BSAS journal "Animal Science", which was published six times a year. The society presents the Sir John Hammond Award at the annual conference. Recipients include: British Society of Animal Science British Society of Animal Science (BSAS) is a learned society in the field of animal science, established in 1944 as the British Society