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Some how this paragraph was conveniently missing from the posted article. Vice Agriculture Minister Mamoru Ishihara said he had heard that the chances of the detailed tests confirming that the animal had BSE were low, adding that he did not like to comment on what was still inconclusive.

The cattle working group suggests three basic events will trigger the need for reporting animal movements: change of ownership, interstate movement, and multiple owners commingling their animals. Each exhibition will have a PIN, and the site manager will report the AIN of all animals arriving at...

Why Mandatory EID? Ten different owners brought 1 single cow to the sale barn for auction. Of the 10 cows 6 had EID tags. All of the single cows were put together in 1 pen, but they were sold individually. Sixty days later 4 of the 10 cows came down with a serious disease. Only six of...

How many producers, with cattle 20 months or younger, and have valid age and source records, would pay $150.00 dollars (Full Year) to source and age verify their cattle once the border opens?