The National Livestock Identification System (NLIS) is Australia’s scheme for the identification and tracing of livestock.
The following steps outline how to complete a reconciliation of animals in Stockbook with NLIS.
Handy Hints before you attempt to reconcile:
- Ensure all animals in Stockbook have been allocated with an Electronic Identification (EID).
- Ensure you have a record of all unallocated tags. This can be done by scanning the tags into the Unallocated Tag List.
- Reconcile at a time when you have recently processed all of your livestock, to ensure your Stockbook records accurately match your current livestock numbers on your property.
1. Select NLIS
- Click on the NLIS tab on the main toolbar.

2. Setup details
- Select Setup
- Enter your NLIS User ID.
- Enter your Password.
- Enter your Email Address that is registered on the NLIS Database.
3. Pic Reconciliation
Select PIC Reconciliation
- Select Direct from the NLIS database
- Enter your PIC.
- Tick the Check for animals 'Active' in Stockbook, but not 'Active' on your PIC box.
- Enter a name in Save to User List and tick the Clear list first box.
- Tick the Check for animals 'Inactive' in Stockbook, but still 'Active' on your PIC box.
- Enter a name in Save to User List and tick the Clear list first box.
- Tick the Check for animals not in Stockbook or on the Unallocated Tag List, but 'Active' on your PIC box.
- Click the Process button.
- NOTE: do not tick
unless you are absolutely certain this is what you want to do.

- Click OK to the following Warning message:


This report can also be saved as a .csv file.
- Select Close
- Select Yes for the following Confirm message:

- Save the file somewhere where it is easily found.
- You can import this report or part of this report into Stockbook to fix the various errors in bulk.
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