AVMA CEO, Dr. Ron DeHaven, responds to news that national animal disease program is being scrapped

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Uploaded by on Feb 26, 2010

On February 5, 2010, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) was going to scrap the eight years of work and $120 million poured into creation of the National Animal Identification System (NAIS). Dr. Ron DeHaven, chief executive officer of the AVMA and a former head of the USDA Animal Plant Health Inspection Service, said that hes worried that the decision to end NAIS will hinder the ability of veterinarians to respond to a disease outbreak.

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  • You're suggesting to treat animals like we do our children? What about our rights as farmers? If NAIS went through, it would without a doubt force small family farmers out of business, so only factory farms remained.

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