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National Traceability NAIS-Update

National Traceability NAIS-Update. “Protecting Animal Agriculture”. Today’s Disease Risk. 23,580 Shipments = Over 17 million animals. Intensification and Globalization. Do We Need a more Effective Disease Traceability System?. Enhance disease response

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National Traceability NAIS-Update

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  1. National Traceability NAIS-Update “Protecting Animal Agriculture”

  2. Today’s Disease Risk 23,580Shipments = Over 17 million animals Intensification and Globalization

  3. Do We Need a more Effective Disease Traceability System? • Enhance disease response • Goal “to identify premises and animals that had direct contact with diseases of concern within 48 hours after discovery.” • Reduce impact of animal health incidents or agro-terrorism events • Improve our response to animal emergency events • Industry and Producer Benefits • Maintain confidence in animal products • Gain market access and consumer demand

  4. Not a New Concept • Animal Health officials have performed individual identification of certain animals and premises (locations with livestock and poultry) for over a century • Used to identify and test animals for diseases • Brucellosis (Since 1940’s) • Used to identify vaccinated heifers for brucellosis • Identified individual animals with a unique tag • Linked to a location at time of vaccination

  5. Remember Why !! • Today, animal health officials can not effectively respond to disease threats with current animal ID & traceability programs. • Tuberculosis - CA, MI, MN, TX (02,04, 05, 07-08) • Exotic Newcastle Disease – AZ, CA, NV, TX (02, 03) • High Path Avian Influenza –TX (04) • Vesicular Stomatitis – CO, ID, MT, NM, TX, UT, WY (03, 04, 05, 06) • BSE – AL, TX, WA, (04-06) • Brucellosis – ID, TX, WY(06-07) • Equine Herpes Virus – CA, CO, CT, FL, KY, NJ, VA (06,07)

  6. Poor Animal TraceabilityWill Cost Producers Money • 1999 UC Davis Disease Study (Ekboir) • Foot and Mouth Disease outbreak would result in $6 to $14 billion in losses to the agriculture industry • Loss of $1 to $3 million for every hour delay in tracking the index animal/herd

  7. Traceability It’s all about Foot and Mouth Disease and BSE, right?

  8. Traceability No! • CDFA conducts disease tracing all year • CDFA conducted 215 Brucellosis investigations in 2006 with some years as high as 600 investigations. • Other diseases of interest included Trichomonosis, TB, and diseases associated with other species (scrapie). • Identification and good records are critical for tracking down the source of the problem. • Resources and personnel investigate each event with the best available tools (I.e., paper records, rancher’s memory).

  9. National Animal ID System (NAIS) • Established in 2002 • Industry leaders developed the U.S. Animal Identification Plan • Cooperative State-Federal-Industry program • USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) administers the system • Voluntary program • 48 hour traceability objective

  10. National Animal ID System • PIN- Premises ID Number • 7 digit alphanumeric (A123R45) • AIN-Animal Identification Number • 15 digit numeric (840 123456789012) • Animal Tracing • Date of event • Type of event (move in, move out) • AIN • PIN

  11. Animal Identification • USDA is technology neutral • Specifies that the official identification number is the visible number • Electronic or identification is considered supplementary • Cattle Species Working Group (SWG) recommended visible low frequency Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) in left ear • Equine SWG recommends RFID microchip 840 982

  12. Animal Identification & Tracing • 7 manufacturers • 22 RFID and visual tags approved • 2 microchip transponder • 5 fully compliant animal tracing databases • 12 tracing databases in development

  13. Prioritization of species/sectors • Tier 1 • Primary food animals • Cattle, Swine, Poultry (Chickens and Turkeys), Sheep, and Goats • Equine – competition horse industry • Tier 2 • All other livestock

  14. Prioritization of species/sectors • Focus where enhancements offer the greatest value/merit • Disease risk • Human health risk • Capability of existing infrastructure • Economic merit • Potential for disease spread

  15. Prioritization of species/sectors

  16. Harmonization • Work with government and industry programs • Breed associations • Alliances • Agricultural Marketing Services-QSA and PVP • COOL • International efforts • Mexico & Canada

  17. Convergence and Integration • Integration with disease programs • Uniform standards for data collection • PIN will be the only location identifier for disease programs • Apply to Interstate Certificates of Veterinary Inspection (ICVI’s)

  18. Partnership and Collaboration • Work with states to advance traceability • Collaboration with Industry Partners • Veterinarians • Brand Inspection • USAIO • Angus Association • FFA • Packers and Renders • IMI Global/ • Humane Farm Animal Care • IDairy

  19. Final Thoughts • Investigation of disease events takes place on a frequent basis and not every 10 to 20 years. • Current premises identification, animal identification, and animal tracing tools are not adequate to effectively manage animal diseases or incidents. • The livestock industry has an opportunity to shape a national traceability program, but it will take active participation to make it your program!

  20. Questions www.californiaid.org

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