Re: NAIS
- From: "J.C." <jcsplace@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2006 13:44:41 GMT
"Janet Baraclough" <janet.and.john@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> from Shiver <shiver@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> contains these words:
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>> > Farm1 <please@askifyouwannaknow> wrote:
>
>> > Tracking of meat from the paddock to the plate is now something that
>> > can be
>> > expected if the US wants to sell into fussy markets like Japan and
>> > Europe.
>
>> I'm not an expert so correct me if I am wrong.
>
>> My understanding is that these prions are found in the brain matter and
>> spinal cords of infected cattle and when bits and pieces get mixed in
>> with the muscle cuts the possibility of contacting BSE exists.
>
>> For the groups information..... just the other day in Canada a group of
>> scientists made the announcement that they believe they have found
>> these prions in leg muscles of deer.
>
>> Needles to say that would be bad news for hunters.
>
>> Correct me if I am wrong.
>
> It's not new news. In Scotland, there's a very high population of
> wild red deer (wapiti to you (waves to Skip's ghost), and deer-hunting
> is a massive business..especially to Germans who come here to hunt them.
> For many years now, in the wake of BSE in UK cattle, those German
> hunters have declined to eat UK deer carcases they killed.
>
> Their caution doesn't really make sense because there's no evidence
> that deer disease infects humans, or that deer have been infected with
> BSE, or with Scrapie, the equivalent disease in sheep. Scrapie has
> been widely present in British sheep flocks for 100's of years, and is
> supposed to be the source of BSE in cattle, but it has never been
> transmitted to humans. Even though humans used to eat sheeps heads,
> sheeps brains etc. I regularly cook sheep spinal cord (neck of lamb and
> lamb chops). Scrapie has never transmitted from sheep to humans, so it's
> by no means a foregone conclusion, that Deer-wasting will be
> transmissible to humans.
>
>
> Janet
>
>
It's going to be really neat. Before you can take your animal to the vet you
have to call the state animal health department and ask permission.
News Release
Texas Animal Health Commission
Box l2966 * Austin, Texas 78711 * (800) 550-8242 * FAX (512) 719-0719
Bob Hillman, DVM * Executive Director
For info, contact Carla Everett, information officer, at 1-800-550-8242,
ext. 710,
or ceverett@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
For immediate release---
"Real Life" Trials for Animal Identification Underway;
Livestock Owners: Get Your Premises Number Now
Through the rest of the year, livestock identification in Texas is moving
from the drawing board to field conditions to
test identification devices, equipment durability and reliability. Using
USDA cooperative agreement funding, the
Texas Animal Health Commission (TAHC) has awarded contracts to four
manufacturers of radio frequency ear tags
(RFID), five makers of tag "reader" devices, four computer software
providers and a data trustee to maintain the
computer records.
Tag readers and computers are set up in several livestock markets, and
customers of these facilities will be issued
RFID ear tags for cattle that will be marketed through the livestock
markets. Two cattle firms that purchase from the
three markets also will be equipped to record and report movement
information as cattle are sorted and shipped to
feedlots in the Texas Panhandle.
"We solicited proposals through the state's purchasing process in March, and
had an industry committee review
submissions and help select the participating companies," said Kenny Edgar,
animal identification coordinator for
the TAHC, the state's livestock and poultry health regulatory agency. "Now,
like a number of other states that are
conducting field trials, we have awarded contracts for equipment, so we can
see how well ear tags stay on, the
readability of ear tags, how well equipment holds up in livestock markets
under everyday use, and how accurately
and efficiently data can be captured, stored and used."
About 80,000 of the radio frequency ear tags, known as RFID tags, are being
provided by Allflex USA; Farnam,
Temple Tag Company and Y-Tex. The tags, to be placed on cattle, sheep and
domestic deer, emit a low-frequency
signal that is picked up and "read" by a device as small as a handheld wand,
or as large as a gate, panel or chute.
Tag readers, supplied by AgInfoLink, AllflexUSA, Farnam, Temple Tag Company
and Y-Tex, will be tested for
speed and durability in "real-life" conditions.
"Computer software is needed for managing the ear tag information and
movement records, services being provided
by eMerge Interactive, Micro Beef Technologies, Texas Dairy Herd Improvement
Association 032, and the Beef
Information Exchange (BIE)/AgInfoLink. The data "trustee," or company that
will hold all the records is the Beef
Information Exchange (BIE), and this service will be evaluated with an
exercise to trace animal movement. The
results of the field tests will be reported back to the committees working
on the National Animal Identification
System, so the glitches with computers, ear tags or readers can be fixed
before they are put in use across the county."
"Regulatory agencies do not need or want production data; but we must be
able to locate animals that have moved
from a premises within 48 hours or less," said Edgar. He and Dr. Bob
Hillman, TAHC's executive director and
Texas' state veterinarian, have made dozens of presentations on animal
identification to livestock organizations and
groups around the state.
"The age and class of an animal, as well as movement information is critical
for locating potentially infected or
exposed animals during a disease situation. In our field experiment, we are
working only with cattle, sheep, goats
and horses. Other states are testing identification devices or group lot
numbers with poultry and commercially
produced swine," commented Edgar.
"Every state now is getting on board for premises and animal identification,
to speed up livestock movement
tracing," commented Edgar. "In Texas, HB 1361 will be effect September 1,
providing the TAHC authority to
implement the animal identification program in Texas that is consistent with
the National Animal Identification
System (NAIS).
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add one/ "Real Life" Trails for Animal ID Underway
"In a disease situation, time is a key factor and makes the difference
between cleaning up a small problem, or dealing
with a widespread disease outbreak. The sooner we have information about
where animals are located and where
they have been, the faster we will be able to find potentially diseased
livestock and stamp out a disease problem."
Edgar reported that, nationally, about 90,000 premises have been identified,
with about 2,200 of those in Texas.
"According to the national strategic plan, premises identification will be
required by January 2008, and so far, about
1 percent of Texas' estimated 200,000 premises have been identified."
"This premises identification number is a unique seven-character
alphanumeric identifier assigned to ranches and
other sites where livestock or poultry are maintained or moved. One number
will suffice, even if the owner raises
several species of livestock and poultry on a place," said Edgar. "Getting a
premises identification now will save
time later, when it is mandatory, and folks have to wait, due to demand.
Participating in the program now may
enhance the value of livestock to prospective buyers."
Registering for a premises identification number is easy, and the
application is simple to complete, he said.
Producers can call for an application, or they can go on the internet to
register. To obtain a paper copy or schedule a
presentation, call the TAHC at 1-800-550-8242. The TAHC's home page at
http://www.tahc.state.tx.us has a link to
the premises identification application.
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