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Update Day
One
Presentations from Species
Working Groups (SWG)
1.
National Animal ID System
overview – Dr. John Wiemers
(wee-mers), USDA, APHIS,
Veterinary
Services
Audio interview
6:53
NAIS Overview
(NAIS
Overview Wiemers.ppt)
2.
Bison SWG – Lance Kuck
(cook), National Bison
Association
Audio interview 4:30
Bison
Kuck
(Bison Summary Kuck.doc)
3.
Camelids SWG – Teri Neilson
Baird, Camelid Alliance
Audio interview 4:24
Camelids
Baird
(Camelids
Presentation Baird.ppt)
4.
Cattle SWG – Gary Wilson, Ohio
Department of Agriculture
Audio interview 5:34
Cattle
Wilson
(Cattle Presentation Wilson.ppt)
(NIAA
SWG Wilson.jpg)
5.
Cervids SWG – Dr. Glen Zebarth,
North American Elk Breeders
Association
Audio interview 4:56
Cervids
Zebarth
(Cervids Presentation Zebarth.ppt)
(NIAA
SWG Zebarth.jpg)
Dr. Zebarth answers a
question from the audience,
with other members of the
group in the background.
(Linda Campbell to the left
and Dr. Patrick Webb to the
right)
6.
Goat SWG – Linda Campbell,
American Dairy Goat
Association
Audio interview 3:30
Goats
Campbell
(Goat Presentation Campbell.ppt)
7.
Horse SWG – Amy Mann, American
Horse Council
Audio interview 5:12
Horses
Mann
(Horse Presentation Mann.ppt)
(NIAA
SWG Mann.jpg)
Amy Mann responds to a
question from the audience,
with other members of the
Species Working Groups in the
background.
8.
Poultry SWG – Dr. John Wiemers
(wee-mers), USDA,
APHIS, Veterinary Services
Audio interview 5:03
Poultry
Wiemers
(Poultry Presentation Wiemers.ppt)
9.
Sheep SWG – Dr. Cindy Wolf,
University of Minnesota
Audio interview 4:25
Sheep
Wolf
(Sheep Presentation Wolf.ppt)
(NIAA
SWG Wolf.jpg)
10.
Swine SWG – Dr. Patrick Webb,
National Pork Board
Audio interview 4:38
Swine
Webb
(Swine Presentation Webb.ppt)
(NIAA
Species Working Group.jpg)
Members of the NAIS Species
Working Groups take questions
from the audience during a
session at the ID/INFO Expo in
Kansas City on August 22.
ID/INFO EXPO is
an event held annually by the
National Institute for Animal
Agriculture (NIAA) and has
become one of the premier
meetings on animal
identification. TRI-MERIT™,
a
single-source animal tracking
and verification program
powered by Global Animal
Management, Inc. (GAM) is
sponsoring the pressroom at
the event.
Coming up tomorrow will be audio, pictures and
presentations from:
-
Secretary of
Agriculture Mike Johanns,
Keynote Address – will
include audio of his
remarks, press conference,
and interview.
-
Dr. John
Clifford, who is in charge
of NAIS Implementation at
USDA’s, Animal and Plant
Health Inspection
Service/Veterinary Services
(USDA, APHIS, VS) on
“Accomplishments to Date.”
-
Orlando
(Rich) Baca, USDA, APHIS,
VS, CEAH, on the Animal
Trace Processing System (ATPS.)
-
With Neil
Hammerschmidt, APHIS/VS,
CEAH, on the Animal
Identification Number (AIN)
Management System.
-
Scott Stuart,
Chairman of the NIAA Board
of Directors, and CEO of the
National Livestock Producers
Association.
-
With Robert
Fourdraine, Chairman of the
ID/INFO EXPO 2006 Program
Planning Committee, and
Director of the Wisconsin
Livestock Identification
Consortium.
-
Greg Ibach,
Nebraska Department of
Agriculture, on “State
Legislation to implement
NAIS.”
-
Dr. George
Teagarden, Kansas Animal
Health Department, on “Legal
Authority, Freedom of
Information Act (FOIA.)
-
Dr. Jennifer
Greiner, Indiana State Board
of Animal Health, on
“Experiences with Premises
Registration—A State
Perspective.”
CONTACT
INFORMATION
The Media
Center is in the Penn Valley
Room of the Westin Crown
Center in Kansas City. It
will be open from 4:00 p.m.
Monday-Noon on Thursday.
The phone
number there is 816-843-4828.
Cell phone
numbers for NIAA Staff in KC
are:
Gale Johnson, 540-660-1849
Cora Newsom, 812-661-2399
David Brown, 270-991-7125
ZimmComm New
Media contact is:
Cindy Zimmerman, 573-353-6118
Following the
meeting, contact:
Gale Johnson
540-635-4564
gjohnson@animalagriculture.org
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