Livestock Management RANCHING
USDA To Launch New Equine Study in May I
N MAY 2015, THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE’S (USDA) National Animal Health Monitoring System
(NAHMS) will launch its third national equine study. Equine 2015 will take an in-depth look at U.S. equine operations and provide the industry with new and valuable information regarding trends in the equine industry from 1998 to 2015. From May through July 2015, representatives from
the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) will contact selected equine owners in 28 states, including Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Colorado and Arkansas. NASS representatives will conduct personal interviews with all participating operations with one or more equines and that qualify as a farm, as defi ned by the 2012 Agricultural Census conducted by NASS. For operations that choose to continue to the next
phase of the study, representatives from USDA’s Veteri- nary Services will visit from summer to mid-December 2015 to administer a second questionnaire. Respondents to this questionnaire may elect to participate in bio- logic sampling, including collection of blood and fecal samples, a tick exam, and collection of tick specimens. The study will provide current and scientifi cally valid estimates of management practices, disease preva-
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lence, and other information important for trade and the health of the equine industry. Since 1990, NAHMS has developed national estimates on disease prevalence and other factors related to the health of U.S. beef cattle, sheep, goat, dairy cattle, swine, equine, poultry, and catfi sh populations. The science-based results produced by NAHMS have proven to be of considerable value to the U.S. livestock, poultry, and aquaculture industries, as well as other animal health stakeholders. NAHMS studies are national in scope, science
based, statistically valid and completely voluntary and anonymous. For more information, contact: USDA–APHIS–VS–
CEAH–NAHMS NRRC Building B, M.S. 2E7, 2150 Centre Avenue, Fort Collins, CO 80526-8117, call 970-494-7000 or visit
nahms.aphis.usda.gov.
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