A mandatory animal identification program is showing its merits as part of national disease outbreak preparedness exercise in Michigan.
Michigan state veterinarian Dr. James Averill tells Brownfield Michigan is the only state that mandates electronic identification in cattle in the U.S. In the event of a disease outbreak, he says it tremendously increases animal movement traceability, “We are able to enhance our traceability and do it in a much more timely and effective manner with fewer resources than if we were to rely on the metal tags that the vast majority of the country utilizes.”
Averill says it’s not a matter of if but when Foot and Mouth Disease breaks in the U.S.
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