AR-News: (US) USDA steps up efforts to track livestock

[Animalconcerns]

CHICAGO, Illinois (CNN) -- Every cow in the United States may someday
have a unique ID number.

"We want to allocate an individual identification, just like you and I
have Social Security numbers," said Bill Hawks, an undersecretary of
marketing and regulatory programs at the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

After a Holstein cow tested positive for mad cow disease, or bovine
spongiform encephalopathy known as BSE, in Washington last year, the
federal government stepped up efforts to more efficiently track animal
diseases.

The presence of BSE in Washington and the outbreak of foot and mouth
disease in the United Kingdom in 2001 alerted the Department of
Agriculture that action was needed.

full story:
http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/science/05/24/animalidentification/
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