Owners of livestock registration
You are required to register as a biosecurity entity with Biosecurity Queensland if you own or keep:
- 1 or more:
- cattle, sheep, goats, pigs, bison, buffalo, deer
or
- alpacas, llamas or other animals from the Camelidae family
or
- horses, ponies, donkeys, mules, zebras, or other animals from the Equidae family.
- 100 or more birds e.g. poultry, pigeons
- 1 or more beehives (native bees excepted).
You must be registered even if you don't own the land where you keep your animals, for example, if:
- you are a lessee
- your animals are agisted on someone else's land
- you keep beehives on someone else's land.
A person, persons or organisation can be registered as a biosecurity entity.
You will receive a unique property identification code (PIC) when you register as a biosecurity entity. Queensland livestock owners need property identification codes (PICs) to:
- purchase National Livestock Identification System (NLIS) devices
- access other national systems such as national vendor declarations or waybills
- report movements to the NLIS database.
The PIC system operates nationally to allow animals to be traced throughout Australia if an animal disease outbreak or contamination incident occurs. PICs are a critical part of Australia's animal biosecurity.
Requirements when moving livestock
Ensure that you understand laws for moving animals into or within Queensland. Different laws apply for: