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The U.S. Animal Identification Experience

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 January 2015

David P. Anderson
David P. Anderson*
Affiliation:
Texas AgriLife Extension Service, Texas A&M University System, College Station, Texas
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Abstract

Animal identification has been one of the most contentious issues for the last decade in the livestock industry. More specifically, at issue is the idea of a government-sponsored identification system, although it is unclear that an identification system forced on the industry by the market would be any more popular. Rancor over the issue has set livestock groups at odds over the merits of establishing such a framework; it has highlighted differences between species, within species, and by size and scale of agriculture. Given its politically sensitive nature, many groups without a tie to agriculture have been drawn in to lobby on the issue. This article examines the U.S. experience with the development of an animal identification system.

Keywords

animal identificationNAISQ18
Type
Invited Paper Sessions
Information
Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics , Volume 42 , Issue 3 , August 2010 , pp. 543 - 550
Copyright
Copyright © Southern Agricultural Economics Association 2010

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