Strong and ongoing collaboration among producers, commercial interests and regulatory agencies at both the state and federal level is the key component to successful animal disease traceability in the United States.

This was just one point of agreement included in a White Paper developed from the discussions at the Joint Strategy Forum on Animal Disease Traceability (Forum), which was collaboratively developed by the National Institute for Animal Agriculture, and the United States Animal Health Association and held August 30‐31, 2010 in Denver, Colorado.

The White Paper summarizes the main discussion points reached by the 193 individuals who attended the Forum. 43 states, four tribes, 33 state animal health agencies, 38 industry organizations, 8 universities, and 34 producers and supply companies were represented at the Forum. In addition representatives from Canada, Mexico, and Japan were among the attendees.

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