Swine ID Plan Smart Solutions for Swine Health

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Swine ID PlanSmart Solutions for Swine
Health
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Todays Presentation

• NAIS development
• Swine ID Plan Development
• Swine ID Plan Components
• Focus on Premises Identification
• Overview
• Benefits
• How to register

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National Animal Identification System

• The National Animal Identification System (NAIS)
  is an information system that helps producers and
  animal health officials respond quickly and
  effectively to animal disease events in the
  United States
• The NAIS is a state/federal/industry cooperative
  effort to strengthen the animal health
  infrastructure

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NAIS Goal

• Implement a system that provides animal health
  authorities with the ability to rapidly identify
  all premises and at-risk animals that might have
  been exposed to a disease of concern.
• Industry working groups have developed
  recommendations for species-specific
  identification systems to meet the NAIS goal

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Pork Industry ID Working Group

• Pork Industry Identification Working Group
  (PIIWG) was formed in 2004 to develop the
  swine-specific identification program for the
  NAIS
• Formed by a cross-section of industry
  stakeholders
• These standards are the framework of the Swine ID
  Plan and are based on how the industry identifies
  and moves pigs today

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Swine ID Implementation Task Force

• Works on behalf of the swine industry to
  coordinate implementation of the Swine ID Plan
• Includes representatives from a wide range of
  industry stakeholders
• Producers, Swine veterinarians, Packers, Breed
  associations, State veterinarians, National Pork
  Board, National Pork Producers Council
• Continues to represent the swine industry in the
  NAIS planning process to ensure the pork
  producers best interest.

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Industry Support for Premises ID

• National Pork Board
• Delegate body passed resolutions at Pork Forum
  supporting premises registration and producer
  outreach and education
• National Pork Producers Council
• Delegate body passed resolutions at Pork Forum in
  support of premises registration and animal
  identification

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Key Points

• Swine ID Plan was developed by and for the pork
  industry, and is based on the way we identify and
  move pigs today
• The Swine ID Plan achieves the NAIS goal of
  achieving quick and efficient trace-backs
• The swine industry continues to have
  representation in the NAIS planning process to
  ensure the producers best interests.

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Swine ID PlanSmart Solutions for Swine Health

• Components of the Swine ID Plan under the NAIS

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Swine ID Plan Introduction

• Key components to the Swine ID Plan
• Premises Registration
• Animal Identification
• Animal Tracing
• The Swine ID Plan only applies to the
  identification and traceback of swine up to when
  the carcass passes USDA FSIS inspection
• The Swine ID Plan is not designed or intended to
  track fresh pork or pork products through the
  retail process

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1st Component Premises Identification

• A premises is the physical location where
  livestock are raised, housed or pass through
  during commerce
• A Premises Identification Number (PIN), is a
  standardized unique national identifier assigned
  by the USDA after the site is registered through
  the state
• PINs are the foundation of the NAIS and Swine ID
  Plan

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2nd Component Animal Identification

• Animal identification is the process by which
  pigs are assigned a unique animal identification
  number either by Group/Lot or individually
• Swine ID program standards for animal
  identification are based on currently used
  industry identification methods.

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3rd Component Animal Tracing

• Animal tracing is the process of using a
  producers production records for efficient and
  accurate trace-backs and trace-forwards during
  disease investigations
• Swine ID program standards for animal tracing are
  based on current industry movement SOPs and
  recordkeeping methods

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Plan Components Are Not New

• Premises identification is based on the similar
  concept of site identifiers used successfully by
  states to eradicate pseudorabies.
• Premises identification numbers (PINs) allow for
  standardization of site identifiers across all
  states eliminating inconsistencies and potential
  duplications.

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Plan Components Are Not New

• Identification standards currently exist and are
  used for official identification of groups and
  individual livestock moving through the commerce
  channels
• Swine industry has had mandatory identification
  for swine moving in interstate commerce and for
  market pigs, sows, and boars entering into the
  harvest chain since 1988
• The swine ID plan has incorporated these
  identification standards

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Plan Components Are Not New

• Animal tracing has been used by animal health
  officials in disease control and eradication
  programs for many years
• Current regulations for the movement of livestock
  provide a paper trail that can be used to
  trace-back and trace-forward livestock for
  disease purposes
• Effective and accurate tracing shortens the
  duration of disease events

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Swine ID Plan Goal

• To standardize these components will streamline
  and strengthen the animal health infrastructure
  that currently exists today
• A strong animal health infrastructure allows the
  industry to maintain and expand pork export
  markets due to the high health status of the U.S.
  swine herd
• By participating in premises registration and the
  Swine ID Plan, producers are taking an active
  role in improving the nations animal health
  infrastructure starting at the local level

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Swine ID PlanSmart Solutions for Swine Health

• Premises Identification Numbers

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Premises Identification Numbers

• A premise identification number (PIN) is made up
  of seven alphanumeric characters that uniquely
  identify a physical location on which livestock
  may be located
• Example 123AB56
• A PIN is randomly assigned and neither the
  location, nor the owner can be determined by
  looking at the characters that make up the PIN
• Once registered, a premises will maintain the
  same number even if there is a transfer of
  ownership (like a house mailing address)

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Premises Identification Numbers

• A producer registers for a PIN through the state
  in which the site is located.
• Registering for a PIN requires no more
  information than what can be accessed by public
  sources.
• USDA has insured that producers data will be
  confidential and many states have statutes (laws)
  protecting this information.

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Benefits of PINs for the Swine Health
Infrastructure

• Enables animal health authorities and the
  industry to develop better response and recovery
  plans for outbreaks of foreign animal or emerging
  diseases and natural disasters
• Enables the development of more comprehensive and
  effective disease surveillance programs for the
  swine industry.
• Enables the industry to develop
  compartmentalization plans to provide business
  continuity during disease outbreaks

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Benefits of PINs in a Natural or Animal Disease
Disaster

• Facilitates rapid containment and eradication of
  foreign animal diseases allowing producers to get
  back to business sooner
• Helps animal health authorities identify and
  contact producers in areas affected by disasters
• Keeps producers in the loop on important
  communications such as
• Disease recognition and reporting guidelines
• Specific biosecurity measures for the farm
• Response activities occurring in the area
• Changes in animal health regulations

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Benefits of PINs in Control Programs for Domestic
and Emerging Diseases

• PIN data can be used by state animal health
  authorities to support the industry in domestic
  disease control and eradication programs and when
  investigating new and emerging diseases

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Swine ID PlanSmart Solutions for Swine Health

• Integration of PINs into production practices

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Premises ID Numbers and Animal ID

• The majority of market hogs raised today can be
  identified by Group/lot and will not need to be
  individually tagged
• Individual identification is required when pigs
  are commingled with other sources outside the
  production system

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Premises ID Numbers and Animal ID

• Premises identification numbers (PINs) make it
  easy for producers to identify groups or
  individual pigs
• The PIN can be used with production records to
  locate groups of swine within a production system
  
• The PIN is used to form a group identification
  number (GIN) which is another form of official
  identification for groups of swine
• The PIN must be used by producers to purchase
  official individual animal identification number
  (AIN) in the form of a compliant production tag

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PINs, Records and Tracing

• Using PINs as part of timely and accurate
  production records improves the speed, efficiency
  and accuracy of tracing
• The record keeping component for producers is
  simple
• Source and destination PINs
• Date of movement
• Number of head moved
• Source PIN on bills of lading when animals are
  sent to harvest

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Premises ID Numbers and Tracing

• Producers keep their production records private
  and would only need to report movements as
  currently required by law.
• For example, interstate movements of swine other
  than to harvest require those movements to be
  reported.

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Other important uses for PINs

• PINs will be required for the updated Pork
  Quality Assurance Plus program - PQA Plus
• PINs should be added to
• Certificates of Veterinary Inspection (CVI)
• Diagnostic lab submission forms
• Interstate Movement Reports (IMR)
• Transportation documents (Bills of Lading) for
  animals entering the harvest chain

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Swine ID PlanSmart Solutions for Swine Health

• Steps for Premises Registration

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To Register Your Premises

• Contact your State ID Program Coordinator or the
  State Premises ID Web site by
• Visiting the State animal health officials Web
  site
• Going to USDAs NAIS Web site
• http//usda.gov/nais
• Click on the U.S. map
• Contacting your State Veterinarian or Animal
  Health Commissioners office

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Information Required for Registration

• Basic Information
• Name of farm, company, or agricultural entity
• Business contact information for the owner or
  other appropriate individual
• Full address for the premises
• Type of operation
• States may ask for additional information
• 911 Address or legal description
• Latitude and longitude numbers
• Species of livestock raised on the site

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Swine ID PlanSmart Solutions for Swine Health

• Questions?

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Thank you.