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And the whole point of the NAIS is to be able to trace the progression of a number of infectious and communicable diseases to their source in an efficient and effective manner to control the spread and eradicate it if possible.

If we should have an outbreak, of say Foot and Mouth in Kansas for instance, it will be much more efficient and less disruptive if we can trace the disease progression through the specific individuals that infected animals may have come in contact with, as opposed to quarantining and testing every animal that could be infected in the state of Kansas.

Effective containment and eradication if possible. Modern technology applied to agriculture, but not Rocket Science or "Big Brother is watching"!

Barry Cole. Kansas.

 

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From:  "Sky Ranch" <skyranch@xxxxxxxx>
To:  <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "Lif Strand" <lif@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject:  Re: [RC] [RC] National Animal Identification Syste
Date:  Sun, 22 Jan 2006 13:36:37 -0700
>But the horse isn't the carrier - that's the point, isn't it?  Yes, if it
>shows up in a horse then a mosquito is somewhere around - but the mosquito
>picked it up from a bird - wild or domesticated - not a horse.  You can
>stand right next to a horse with WNV and be bitten by a mosquito right after
>it bites the horse, and you will not be infected with WNV.
>
>What's the solution - do we microchip all the wild birds?  Of course not.
>Tracking horses won't stop WNV or VS or rabies from being transmitted.  I
>guess that's the point I'm trying to make, as usual in an awkward way...
>
>Carla Richardson
>Colorado
>
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Lif Strand" <lif@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>To: <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Sunday, January 22, 2006 1:24 PM
>Subject: Re: [RC] [RC] National Animal Identification Syste
>
>
> > At 12:49 PM 1/22/2006, Sherman wrote:
> >
> > >Mosquitoes acquire the virus from infected birds, and then transmit
> > >the virus to people and/or horses. Humans & animals are NOT
> > >contagious, the mosquitoes must acquire it from infected birds. So
> > >WNV should not be included in the statement below.
> > >
> > >Kathy
> > >
> > >That's why I put that separately, under "Diseases that horses can
> > >give to humans through vectors (mosquitos, etc)"
> >
> > Yes, WNV is not a contagious disease, but it is a communicable
> > disease that, if a horse was infected with it, would present a risk
> > to humans.  If  I lived in an area that had no evidence of WNV and
> > someone brought a horse in known to have WNV, for sure I'd be a
> > little concerned about becoming infected.  Since we were discussing
> > reasons for NAIS, vector driven diseases could be pertinent to that issue.
> >
> >
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