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<blockquote data-quote="John IN" data-source="post: 18345" data-attributes="member: 66"><p>The article below was in my local southeastern Indiana paper, what do you think. </p><p></p><p><strong>Disease expert seeks national cattle identification program</strong></p><p></p><p>A national cattle identification program would help combat spread of mad cow disease, according to a Purdue University animal disease expert. But an international trade expert said the damage to the American beef industry is done at least through 2004.</p><p> Leon Thacker, Purdue veterinary pathologist and director of the Indiana Animal Disease Laboratory, said a national cattle identification system is necessary so state and federal authorities can pinpoint the origin of animals. This would allow the farm and geographic origin of animals to be traced when necessary, whether for disease or any other reason.</p><p> The U.S. Department of Agriculture has established federal requirements for meat inspection. States may have their own regulations for meat inspection, but federal law requires they be at least as stringent as USDA standards. However, almost haft of all states currently don't have their own inspection agencies.</p><p> Thacker also can discuss the need for consistent inspections during slaughtering and processing.</p><p> Purdue agricultural economist Philip Paarlberg said he doesn't expect beef exports levels to return at all in 2004.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="John IN, post: 18345, member: 66"] The article below was in my local southeastern Indiana paper, what do you think. [b]Disease expert seeks national cattle identification program[/b] A national cattle identification program would help combat spread of mad cow disease, according to a Purdue University animal disease expert. But an international trade expert said the damage to the American beef industry is done at least through 2004. Leon Thacker, Purdue veterinary pathologist and director of the Indiana Animal Disease Laboratory, said a national cattle identification system is necessary so state and federal authorities can pinpoint the origin of animals. This would allow the farm and geographic origin of animals to be traced when necessary, whether for disease or any other reason. The U.S. Department of Agriculture has established federal requirements for meat inspection. States may have their own regulations for meat inspection, but federal law requires they be at least as stringent as USDA standards. However, almost haft of all states currently don’t have their own inspection agencies. Thacker also can discuss the need for consistent inspections during slaughtering and processing. Purdue agricultural economist Philip Paarlberg said he doesn’t expect beef exports levels to return at all in 2004. [/QUOTE]
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