ID Program Gets Funds, Suggestions

The push for the National Animal Identification Program has picked up momentum with formation of a consortium, the contribution of millions of dollars from the USDA, and recommendations from The Jockey Club on how equine identification should

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The push for the National Animal Identification Program has picked up momentum with formation of a consortium, the contribution of millions of dollars from the USDA, and recommendations from The Jockey Club on how equine identification should work.


Jockey Club executive director Dan Fick, during the Aug. 15 Round Table in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., said the equine industry should support the identification program to help control contagious diseases, ensure human health, counter bio-terrorism, and maintain freedom of transport. But there is more.


“Perhaps the most important reason to be a responsible member of the livestock industry is to ensure we receive the same benefits as do our friends in the cattle and other livestock businesses: favorable tax rates, emergency relief funds, and funding for equine research,” Fick said.


The Jockey Club has recommended the horse industry control implementation and maintain oversight of any national identification system for horses. It proposes to incorporate existing identification programs and believes identification should begin with breed registration and veterinary inspections

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Tom LaMarra, a native of New Jersey and graduate of Rutgers University, has been news editor at The Blood-Horse since 1998. After graduation he worked at newspapers in New Jersey and Pennsylvania as an editor and reporter with a focus on municipal government and politics. He also worked at Daily Racing Form and Thoroughbred Times before joining The Blood-Horse. LaMarra, who has lived in Lexington since 1994, has won various writing awards and was recognized with the Old Hilltop Award for outstanding coverage of the horse racing industry. He likes to spend some of his spare time handicapping races.

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