title: The National Animal Health Monitoring System. A source of on-farm information.
abstract: The National Animal Health Monitoring System is a program of the USDA:APHIS:Veterinary Services designed to collect, analyze, interpret, and disseminate data on the management and health of US livestock, poultry, and aquaculture populations. The system is comprised of a national program staff, the National Veterinary Services Laboratories, and a field component that includes state and federal animal health officials distributed throughout the United States. The system uses a variety of approaches (large national studies, on-going monitoring, and target short-term studies) to address high priority objectives for US animal agriculture defined through a far-reaching information-needs assessment process.
authors.affiliation: Center for Animal Health Monitoring, USDA:APHIS:Veterinary Services, Centers for Epidemiology and Animal Health, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA.
authors.forename: N E
authors.initials: NE
authors.lastname: Wineland
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Dargatz
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D002418:Cattle Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D003625:Data Collection; D005523:Food Supply; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011200:Poultry; D011201:Poultry Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D013552:Swine; D013553:Swine Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D014481:United States; D016885:United States Department of Agriculture