03/16/2010 01:45PM
Board directs action to correct parentage and registry status of Oomsdale Gordo Goldie Gratitude 111224922 and progeny
03/12/2010 08:13AM
A recent decision by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to scrap a national animal identification system could seriously hinder U.S. veterinarians' ability to track diseased animals and prevent the spread of those diseases -- diseases that could spread to humans and cost U.S. farmers millions of dollars.
03/09/2010 10:07AM
A recent decision by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to scrap
a national animal identification system could seriously hinder U.S.
veterinarians’ ability to track diseased animals and prevent the spread
of those diseases —diseases that could spread to humans and cost U.S.
farmers millions of dollars.
02/22/2010 03:42PM
Members of the trade association representing veterinarians are skeptical of USDA’s new plan for animal disease traceability.
02/22/2010 01:16PM
To the elation of its vocal critics, earlier this month USDA gutted its voluntary National Animal Identification System (NAIS) after nearly 10 years of development. The agency is shifting its focus away from animal identification toward animal traceability, which is really just a matter of semantics, but the announcement was greeted with great joy by anti-NAIS voices.