date:May 20, 2013
nes, so agriculture and health officials can quickly establish quarantines and initiate other steps to prevent the spread of disease.
This ensures that healthy animals can continue to move freely to processing facilities, providing a dependable and affordable source for consumers as well as protecting producer's livelihoods, Abby Yigzaw, spokeswoman for the USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, said in an Associated Press story.
Livestock identification also helps investigators de