title: Thoughts on a national animal identification system.
authors.forename: W Byron
authors.initials: WB
authors.lastname: Garrity
mesh_terms: D000822:Animal Husbandry; D000823:Animal Identification Systems / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods / Q000662:veterinary*; D000818:Animals; D000829:Animals, Domestic; D003140:Communicable Disease Control; D003612:Dairying; D005380:Financing, Government; D005523:Food Supply; D009313:National Health Programs / Q000639:trends; D012042:Registries; D014481:United States