Advancing Animal Disease Traceability

Dan September 26, 2018 Cattle, Livestock

On Tuesday, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced its latest efforts to advance and improve animal disease traceability to protect our nation’s livestock industry. Rod Bain has the details.

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Agriculture Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs, Greg Ibach, notes how discussions with the livestock industry led to their announcement on improved animal disease traceability.

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