USDA revises animal
disease data collection
„ WASHINGTON, D-.C.- The D.S.
Department of Agriculture began
to update its system for collecting
data on livestodtdiseases to give a
better picture of the incidence and
geographic distribution of
livestock diseases this week, ac
cording to Donald L. Houston,
Administrator of USDA’s Food
Safety and Inspection Service.
“The new animal disease
reporting system will give a better
picture so we can determine if a
disease is still a problem in a
specific group of animals,”
Houston said. “It is no longer
enough to know that a disease
occurs in an entire species, such as
cattle, hogs or sheep. We need to
have a breakdown by age and sex
of animals as well.”
The new reporting system
replaces one which furnished data
for a species as a whole, such as
cattle. Now, information on cattle
will be collected for steers, heifers,
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species, such as swine and sheep,
will be broken down similarly.
“The new system will provide
valuable information which can be
used as a basis for developing
more efficient and effective
methods of meat inspection,”
Houston said.
A critical part of meat inspection
is the checking of every carcass
and its viscera for specific disease
conditions which could present a
danger to those who eat the meat.
With better information on animal
diseases, Houston said, meat in
spection can be improved because
procedures can be modified ac
cording to the diseases likely to be
present.
“Further, if we suspect a
problem in a certain geographic
area, this new system can be used
to conduct a special survey of
animals slaughtered in that area,”
Houston said.
The information is collected on
forms filled out weekly by USDA
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USDA will make the data available
to the public in quarterly reports.
USDA provides inspection in
1,400 plants slaughtering 131
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