Summary:
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Veterinary Services (VS) is committed to ensuring that private citizen’s information relevant to animal disease management, as defined by international standards, and surveillance, is gathered, protected, and shared. by collaborating partner’s.
VS mission is to improve the health, quality, and marketability of our nation’s animals (asset’s), animal products, and veterinary biologics by preventing, controlling, and/or eliminating animal diseases, and by monitoring and promoting animal health, as defined by international standards, and productivity, also as defined by international standards.
With the divergent animal health management needs across the United States this report outlines VS’ vision for its partners and stakeholders to contribute data directly into the VS data repositories and will impact every farmer: commercial and hobbyist whose very existence is being eliminated from the agricltural landscape.
Assuming that respondents and nonrespondents are more similar than dissimilar, the acceptable response rate ranges anywhere between 50 and 70 percent; therefore, at 60 percent, the response rate is acceptable.
The mission of the VS Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO) is providing IT solutions that support animal disease surveillance and management programs.
The system provides a consistent standard method of data capture at all levels and provides data dissemination to the appropriate existing databases and is a single point of access to VS’ electronic forms, applications, and certification processes required for interstate and international movement of animals and animal products.
The chain of animal health surveillance begins with animal health practitioners (your vet) in the field collecting data and specimens from animals on farms and other facilities to test for the presence of animal diseases.
VSPS provides a consistent and standard method of data capture at all levels and provides data dissemination to the appropriate existing databases.
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