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>From: "June M. Reed" <103067.2314@COMPUSERVE.COM>
>Subject: Commercial: Producer participation needed in National Conference
>To: Multiple recipients of list SHEEP-L <SHEEP-L@LISTSERV.UU.SE>
>
>The Livestock Conservation Insitute has announced that it will facilitate a
>National Conference on Animal Health Emergency Management this month in Des
>Moines, Iowa. The conference will be held in conjunction with LCI's 82nd
>annual meeting March 24-26,1998.
>
>Rising from concerns about the nation's ability to prepare for and respond
>to emergency disease situations, a joint effort between industry and
>government under the coordination of the Animal Agricultural Coalition has
>been at work since early 1996. Their Working Group on National Animal
>Health Emergency Management issued a report which was unveiled during LCI's
>Annual Meeting in April, 1997 detailing a model outlining the roles and
>responsibilities of federal government, state government, industry,
>universities, laboratories and practicioners.
>
>A workshop involving state and federal animal health officials was held in
>October at the United States Animal Health Association meeting in
>Louisville, Kentucky. ASI and the major commodity groups in animal
>agriculture are members of the Animal Agriculture Coalition (AAC). The AAC
>was founded in 1984, and is a coalition of livestock and poultry trade
>associations as well as veterinarian and scientific communities that
>monitor and influence animal health, environmental, food safety, research
>and educational issues of the animal agriculture industries before agencies
>of the USDA, other Federal agencies and the Congress. The Livestock
>Conservation Institute's mission is to unify organizations, allied
>industries, government agencies, researchers, and individuals interested in
>cooperatively addressing issues of animal health, animal care and food
>safety as they affect animal agriculture in North America.
>
>In the wake of international trade agreements such as the Uruguay Round of
>GATT (General Agreement on Trade & Tariffs) and NAFTA (North American Free
>Trade Agreement), increased opportunity to export animals and animal
>products has also brought increased risk of importing a foreign animal
>disease. At the same time, new and emerging pathogens within our own
>borders mandate a system of surveillance, diagnosis, containment and
>mitigation so our ability to maintain and conduct trade of animal and
>animal products is not compromised in the event of an animal health
>emergency.
>
>The March 1998 conference will provide a forum for all segments of
>industry, the veterinary profession, and research and regulatory
>communities to analyze the new model, become fully informed of current risk
>levels, analyze preparedness capabilities, learn about innovative
>approaches already being implemented in states across the nation, and
>assess needs at local, state and national levels. The program will consist
>of a number of keynote presentations, a break-out session, and three
>seminars featuring speakers addressing specific issues related to
>emergency management.
>
>LCI's Annual Meeting will also feature seminars on other pertinent topics
>including: food safety, environmental issues, animal identification, animal
>care and handling, disease eradication, and preventive herd/flock health
>management strategies and issues. Attending the conference will be
>producers from Sheep, Pork, Dairy, Beef, Poultry, Egg and Horse Industries
>as well as allied Industry. There will be seminars discussing foreign
>animal diseases, why and how we are at a heightened level of risk for a
>foreign animal disease event; bio-terrorism; impact of animal health
>emergencies domestically with the international implications cited as well.
> In addition, at the conference, producers of various species will form
>break-out groups according to state and region. These breakout groups will
>serve as a vehicle to meet each other and discuss the model.
>
>The participants at the National Conference on Animal Health Emergency
>Management will also travel to the Iowa "war room" and be given of tour of
>this facility where the management of emergencies takes place. Producers
>will also have the opportunity to hear how different states from different
>regions and possessing different degrees of resources, have interpreted
>this model, developing their own state initiatives.
>
>There will be international visitors discussing their own experiences in
>animal health emergencies and a wrap-up session to plan next steps.
>
>It is the consensus of theWorking Group( now called the National Steering
>Committee on Animal Health Emergency Management), that Producers'
>participation in the management of animal health emergencies is vital for
>three reasons. First, and most important, in an animal health emergency,
>it is the Producer who is profoundly affected, not just economically, but
>socially and emotionally as well. Second, it will be Producers, more than
>any other stakeholder, who will act as the sentinel in first noticing a
>change in their animals' health status. Third, from Producers must come
>the incentive that will encourage their state and local authorities and
>other stakeholders to come together and manage animal health emergencies
>with adequate resources and adequate planning to ensure a comprehensive,
>integrated "co-operative local response".
>
>Animal agriculture represents 93 Billion dollars' worth of goods and
>services each year to the United States economy. Producers are the
>foundation of this sector. Planning for the effective management of animal
>health emergencies is a critical aspect of United States food security. It
>is very important that producers and their leadership attend this
>Conference.
>
> For further information, contact the Livestock Conservation Institute,
>1910 Lyda Drive, Bowling Green Kentucky 42104-5809. LCI's phone is (502)
>782-9798 or check website: www.lcionline.org . The 82nd LCI Annual Meeting
>& National Conference on Animal Health Emergency Management will be held
>March 24-26,1998 at the Des Moines Marriott Hotel, 700 Grand Avenue, Des
>Moines, IA 50309 with registration beginning at 7:30am.
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