N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. tit. 1 § 61.5
The records required by this Part shall be recorded and kept in the Department of Agriculture and Markets' record books, except that upon request of a permit holder, the Commissioner of Agriculture and Markets may authorize the permit holder to use another type of record book or ledger, provided that the other type of record book or ledger will permit the recording of information relating to each transaction in a manner that will, in the opinion of the commissioner, accomplish the purposes and objectives of this Part. Information relative to any transaction which is entered in a cattle or equine record book shall be accurate and legible in each detail and it shall not be altered, obliterated, defaced or erased. If after information relative to any transaction has been entered in a record book, it is found that the information so recorded is in some part in error, the correct information relative to that particular transaction shall be reentered in the next available space in the record book without altering or changing the original entry except to note that the record is corrected by a later entry.
N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. Tit. 1 § 61.5