Discussion: Animal Identification Systems in North America: Achievements and Future Challenges

Although Canada has developed an effective animal identification system, and the provinces are progressing toward a system that has full traceback capabilities, the U.S. and Mexico have made little or no progress. Contemporary U.S. proposals for state initiatives will not work. In the meantime, the...

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Published in:Journal of agricultural and applied economics 2010-08, Vol.42 (3), p.571-574
Main Author: Knutson, Ronald D.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Agriculture
animal identification (ID)
Beef cattle
Bovine spongiform encephalopathy
Brucellosis
Cognition & reasoning
Consumption
Disease
F13
Free trade
H41
I19
Identification systems
International trade
Invited Paper Sessions
Livestock
livestock diseases
Milk
North American Free Trade Agreement
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
Politics
Private property
Property rights
Public good
Session Title: Animal Identification Systems in North America: Achievements and Future Challenges
Tuberculosis
Zoonoses
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Summary:Although Canada has developed an effective animal identification system, and the provinces are progressing toward a system that has full traceback capabilities, the U.S. and Mexico have made little or no progress. Contemporary U.S. proposals for state initiatives will not work. In the meantime, the U.S. livestock industry will continue to lose markets for its products and has little to no basis for complaining about lost sales and the lack of open markets. Also indentified are relevant economic and political principles that both underlie animal identification systems and the failure to make positive steps forward toward establishing a North American animal identification system.
ISSN:1074-0708
2056-7405
1074-0708
DOI:10.1017/S1074070800003758