How to register animals in NAIT

In this tutorial we will go over how to register animals.

After logging into NAIT, click Register animals and then enter animal details. There are 3 ways you can register animals to your NAIT account.

If you want to type in the tags, either the visual ID — that's the writing on the tag itself — or the RFID number, click here and then type them in separating each tag with a comma.

If you've purchased tags these will be loaded against your account. Click here to select which animals you want to register from a list of tags you've already purchased.

If you want to upload a list of tag numbers, choose this option.

For this tutorial we will be selecting from a list of tags you have already purchased.

Click here, then simply tick the tags you want to register from the list.

Now click Continue. If the animals you are registering are all the same age and gender, you can enter the animals details here.

Remember that the details you entered here will be applied to all of the tags you have previously selected.

Hit Register and you're done — it's that simple.

In this guide, we will go through how to check if an animal is registered in NAIT.

Starting on the home screen, select Manage NAIT activities and then select Animals under View, find and update. This will take you to the list of animals registered to your NAIT number. From here, you can enter the NAIT tag number of the animal into the search box. You can search multiple at a time. If the animal does not appear in the list, this means it is not currently registered to your NAIT number.

If you select your unregistered tags list on the left-hand side of your screen, you can enter the NAIT tag number here to see if it is still in your list of unused tags. If the tag appears in the list, this means it’s still unused and hasn’t yet been registered to an animal. From here, you can select the NAIT tag number, and press Register animals. This will take you to a screen where you can enter the animal’s registration information. Information you must provide includes animal type, whether they’re cattle or deer, production type — like dairy, beef, venison or velvet — an approximate date of birth, and a NAIT number of birthplace, which will auto-populate to your own NAIT number. Once you’ve entered this information, press Register. The system will let you know if the registration was successful.

If you’re checking the animals’ registration before moving them, from this screen you can press Move these animals to create a NAIT movement. You’ll need to provide the NAIT number these animals are moving to and the date they’re moving. Once you press Create movement, the system will let you know if the movement was successful. And that’s how you can check if your animals are registered in NAIT.

Please remember — all animals need to be tagged and registered before 180 days of birth, or before their first off-farm movement, whichever comes first. Thank you for supporting traceability and disease management in New Zealand.