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USDA starts rolling out animal identification numbers For more info click on above link The Department of Agriculture has announced plans to begin allocating animal identification numbers under the National Animal Identification System. The long-term goal of the voluntary system is to provide health officials with the capability to identify production animals and premises that have had direct contact with a disease of concern within 48 hours after discovery. The initial animal identification numbers will be for cattle, which typically have ear tags for official identification. Animal identification numbers will eventually extend to species that have other
Comments sought on microchipping For more info click on above link The Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service announced that it will accept comments regarding the use of microchipping to identify animals covered under the Animal Welfare Act. The agency will hold a final meeting to discuss the issue in San Diego, May 10. Several meetings have already taken place since late March in Centennial, Colo.; Boston; Baton Rouge, La.; Springfield, Mo.; and Riverdale, Md. The USDA APHIS was directed by the conference committee report accompanying the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration,
USDA announces timeline for National Animal Identification System For more info click on above link The Department of Agriculture has released an implementation plan for the National Animal Identification System, along with technical standards for the integration of private and state animal tracking databases. Recent revisions to AVMA policy called for the rapid implementation of a mandatory NAIS. The USDA plan sets a timeline for implementing the NAIS by 2009, though the system remains voluntary. The key components of implementation continue to be premises identification, animal identification, and animal tracking. The USDA has already registered more than
Danger to dogs from cocoa bean mulch put in perspective For more info click on above link At least one anecdotal report of a dog dying after ingesting cocoa bean shell mulch is being circulated electronically, drawing attention once again to the question of the material’s toxicity. A byproduct of chocolate production, cocoa bean shells are frequently used for home landscaping. Some dogs find the mulch palatable and ingest varying amounts. Dr. Steve Hansen, director of the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals’ Animal Poison Control Center, said that as of late April, no
Michael San Filippo Phone: 847-285-6687 Cell: 847-732-6194 e-mail: msanfilippo@avma.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The ABC Movie “Fatal Contact: Bird Flu in America” is a movie, not a documentary. It is a work of fiction designed to entertain and not a factual accounting of a real world event. There is no influenza pandemic in the world at this time. Since 2003, there have been about 200 human cases of H5N1 infection, mostly in Asia; about half of those have been fatal. Most of the human infections can be traced to close contact with infected poultry. There have only been
FOR MORE INFORMATION Michael San Filippo Phone: 847-285-6687 Cell: 847-732-6194 e-mail: msanfilippo@avma.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Schaumburg, Ill. — Every year, more than 4.7 million Americans are bitten by dogs. To help educate the public about dog bites, the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) has developed a brochure, “What you should know about dog bite prevention,” offering tips on how to avoid being bitten, what dog owners can do to prevent their dogs from biting and how to treat dog bites. The release of the brochure precedes National Dog Bite Prevention Week, May 21-28, sponsored by the AVMA,
Hundreds arrested in mass-marketing frauds | CNET News.com For more info click on above link More than 565 people on three continents have been arrested over the past year as part of an international operation targeting mass-marketing fraud schemes, according to the U.S. Justice Department. The department said Tuesday that about 2.8 million people had fallen victim to the fraud schemes that were carried out through the Internet, by telemarketers and through mass mailings….. …Other scams include fake offers of “pre-approved” credit cards and loans, offers of nonexistent investments and tax fraud schemes.