Advancing Animal Disease Traceability 

Road Map for

Nebraska

A Three-Year Plan

Submitted by:

BRITNEY HAGOOD

ANIMAL DISEASE TRACEABILITY PROGRAM MANAGER

NEBRASKA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

P.O. BOX 94947 LINCOLN, NE 69509-4947

(402) 471-2351

Submitted to:

MELISSA LANG, DVM

AREA VETERINARIAN FOR NEBRASKA 

VETERINARY SERVICES

ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE 

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

5940 SOUTH 58TH STREET

LINCOLN, NE 68516

(402) 434-2300

Revised: January 20, 2023
Table of Contents

I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ________________________________________________________________3

II. CURRENT TRACEABILITY SITUATION _____________________________________________________4

2.1 Who are we?____________________________________________________________________4

2.2 Where are we now? ______________________________________________________________5

2.3 Strengths and Weaknesses _________________________________________________________6

2.4 Opportunities and Threats _________________________________________________________7

2.5 Inventory of existing infrastructure and suitability assessment _____________________________7

III. VISION AND MISSION CONTEXT FOR ADVANCING TRACEABILITY_______________________________8

3.1 Vision Statement & Mission Statement _______________________________________________8

IV. TRACEABILITY REQUIREMENTS__________________________________________________________9

2.1 Strategic goal(s) _________________________________________________________________9

4.2 Programmatic goals(objectives)_____________________________________________________9

4.3 ADT Trace Performance Measures (TPMs) _____________________________________________9

4.4 Data requirements _______________________________________________________________9

4.5 Information technology plan_______________________________________________________10

4.6 Resource requirements ___________________________________________________________11

4.7 Organizational needs ____________________________________________________________11

4.7.1 Executive support_____________________________________________________________11

4.7.2 Coordination and oversight procedures____________________________________________11

4.7.3 Policy ______________________________________________________________________11

4.7.4 Staffing _____________________________________________________________________12

4.7.5 Budget requirements __________________________________________________________12

4.7.6 Outreach (required to be addressed within the Road Map)_____________________________13

4.8 Monitoring and reporting interstate movement activity _________________________________15

V. ADVANCING TRACEABILITY____________________________________________________________15

5.1 Ranking of priorities for advancement _______________________________________________15

5.2 Implementation of objectives ______________________________________________________15
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I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Determining an animal or identification device’s location, when interstate movements 

are properly documented, is now quick and efficient. Improving the number of

successful traces is achieved by increasing the number of movements being 

sufficiently documented. The ability to enable quick and efficient determination of

an animal’s location continues to require significant personnel, financial, and 

technological resources.

To meet this challenge, we will focus on the following key elements:

• Establish and increase the number of specific animal location reference 

points for disease investigations.

• Increase the number of individual animals or livestock groups with official 

identification.

• Increase the percentage of properly documented movements and submit 

them on a timely basis.

The livestock industry in Nebraska is a major contributor to the economic strength and 

stability of the state. The spread of reportable disease in livestock will have a negative 

economic impact on the entire state. The impact to the directly affected livestock 

producer will not be limited to economic hardship but will include psychological and 

emotional ramifications as well. The longer a disease event remains uncontrolled, the 

greater the collective damage incurred. Therefore, it is imperative a system and plan be 

designed to limit the spread of disease.

Previous efforts to:

• Implement scanning and indexing of animal movement documents.

• Educate veterinarians on the need for improved Interstate Certificates of 

Veterinary Inspections (ICVI)

• Provide orange 840 RFID tags for official calf-hood vaccination

• Provide a method for livestock market veterinarians to prepare ICVIs on a 

laptop

have positioned the Nebraska Department of Agriculture favorably to move forward on 

process improvements.

All objectives and animal disease traceability efforts within this plan will be developed 

and pursued in alignment with the goals of USDA’s Animal Disease Traceability system 

(ADTS) framework. Activities within this plane utilize functions within the 

Department. This may include data from other programs:

• OCV database
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• Database of accredited veterinarians

• Database of livestock markets

• Epidemiology data

• Import system; and

• Any other data and systems which would enhance or simplify the efficient 

tracing of an animal or identification device or number. The improved 

speed and efficient of information retrieval has enhances our 

responsiveness to request for traceability information from other entities.

Other methods for meeting plan objectives will include:

• Utilizing existing databases of other eCVI services for animal movement 

information

• Informing and teaching producers, livestock market veterinarians, and 

accredited veterinarians on the requirements of identification and 

documentation for interstate movement of livestock; and

• Help producers and accredited veterinarians with the transition to the new 

proposed ADT rule.

The projected costs for the activities in this Road map will have a direct relationship to 

the amount of funding provided in each of the years through the cooperative agreement 

work plan budgets. The objective or benefit for each year will be an increase in the 

percentage of interstate movement of livestock with proper documents and official 

identification. This will be accomplished while maintaining or improving the speed and 

efficiency of retrieving the concerning animal movement histories. Efficiently 

forwarding the information to the entities requiring the information must also be 

accomplished. The number of properly completed Nebraska origin ICVIs, trace 

exercises, and actual events will serve as benchmarks for the success of the ADT 

program.

II. CURRENT TRACEABILITY SITUATION

2.1 Who are we?

The primary constituents involved in animal disease tracing activities are:

• Private veterinarians

• Livestock market veterinarians

• Nebraska Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health 

Protection staff; and

• U.S. Department of Agriculture, Animal Plant Health inspection 

Service (USDA-APHIS-VS) staff.
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While the initiatives detailed above have the potential to affect international 

animal health, this plan will focus on events ranging from localinvolvement only incidents to statewide concerns. Nebraska does not 

anticipate the need for tribal-wide or territory-wide planning or activity. 

However, the activities and accomplishments listed under this plan are 

intended to support the animal disease traceability information requirements 

other entities may require from Nebraska to pursue their response 

objectives.

The use of traceability data for external purposes is restricted to those 

actively responding to a specific incident or in the case of animals with 

unknown origin. The most common example of the latter, is when a brand 

inspector is attempting to determine the origin of an animal. Use of 

traceability data internally is limited to an actual response.

Animal disease traceability data may be utilized in aggregate to provide 

statistical information as needed or requested by outside agencies. 

However, no personally identifying data may be released. Data may only be 

accessed and utilized by appropriate animal health personnel for animal 

disease situations with the exception of origin/ownership investigations.

The values guiding animal disease traceability activities within Nebraska 

will be consistent with the Department’s Animal and Plant Health 

Protection mission “...of protecting the health of livestock in Nebraska and 

determining and employing the most efficient and practical means of 

prevention, suppression, control, and eradication of diseases transmissible

among livestock...” These efforts will seek to minimize the negative fiscal 

and emotional and impacts disease events have on affected producers and 

their operations. These activities are also intended to reduce the number of 

producers and operations involved in a disease event.

2.2 Where are we now?

Animal disease traceability is currently defined as “determining where a 

disease entered an affected herd.” The information compiled to date from 

previous efforts to establish a disease traceability system was poorly 

integrated into most disease response situations or trace outs. Therefore, 

animal disease traceability activities are no longer viewed as a standalone 

information gathering project.

The current measure of traceability capability is “How quickly and 

accurately can we determine where and when the animal of concern entered 

or left Nebraska?” While we have the capability of tracing interstate 

movements, tracking intrastate animal movements it currently out of the
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scope of our regulatory authority. Nebraska has an excellent record of 

TPMs, proving that previous ADT funds have been utilized effectively.

To effectively coordinate the activities associated with disease traceability, 

a weekly Animal Health Staff Meeting is held. These meetings are attended 

by the state veterinarian, deputy state veterinarian, state epidemiologist, 

veterinary field staff, ADT program manager, and import program 

specialist. The objective of these meetings is to brief all staff members on 

current issues in animal health and answer associated questions.

ADTS data is made readily available to those needing it. All animal health 

officials within the Department have access to ADTS information from their 

workstations or laptops. ADTS information held or controlled by the 

Department will remain available to other appropriate entities upon request 

when deemed necessary by the State Veterinarian. Requests for information 

are currently available Monday through Friday during normal business 

hours. Designated Department staff has access to information 24 hours a 

day, 7 days a week.

Federal funding is critical to ADTS activities in Nebraska. The only state 

funds budgeted for ADTS are those funds required to achieve any state 

matching contribution required to utilize cooperative agreement funds. If 

there are no federal funds, there will be no state funds specifically allocated 

to ADTS activities.

2.3 Strengths and Weaknesses

The ADT functions of the Department have access to excellent technology 

support. The Department’s Data Center personnel and animal health staff 

work closely and meet on a regular basis to continually improve 

efficiencies. The Data Center staff is very familiar with activities and 

information technology (IT) requirements of animal health functions.

The ADTS functions are currently addresses by the full-time Program 

Manager, one Program Specialist dealing with imports, and two full-time 

Office Specialists. This staff has been able to direct the development and 

implementation of the ADTS activities. Several other Office Specialists 

from other programs assist as their workload permits. This staffing level 

keeps the processing of ICVIs on a current status and improves the review 

return process for deficient ICVIs. It also enables more efficient and 

effective responses to requests for service and information from 

stakeholders.

The use of technology in the field necessitates remote training and support. 

The support aspect of technology will continue to increase time demands 

on current personnel. The increased support will be provided in the field by
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Veterinary Filed officers (VFO) and USDA field personnel. The Data 

Center will continue to be called upon for continued support and

improvement of processes.

The Department is now scanning and indexing each of the ICVIs for both 

exports and imports. The indexing of individual or official identification 

fields is a very labor-intensive data input task. The current staffing level is 

estimated to be deficient by one, full-time equivalent (FTE) of being able to 

meet this need while maintain the constituent service function.

2.4 Opportunities and Threats

The intent of the plan is to enable the Department to mitigate the 

consequences of potential threats. Even with a comprehensive plan in place, 

not all disease threats can be prevented.

The resources available now and anticipated in the future will be better 

utilized because of this plan. The implementation of this plan necessitated 

the integration of import order information and compliance activities, ICVI 

handling procedures and ADTS information management efforts into a 

coordinated activity. It now includes virtually all animal disease program 

activities and documents and quarantines of livestock. This requires the 

continued development of Standard Operating procedures (SOP) for 

handling, reviewing, scanning, indexing, commenting, correcting, 

returning, and retrieving ICVIs and the documents and the information they 

contain.

If this plan is not maintained, the timely retrieval of information from ICVIs 

will not continue to improve and violations of import requirements would 

be undetected for longer periods of time. The timeframes for action under 

the performance standards National Priority Traces may not be maintained 

if this plan is not exercised. The net result of not maintaining this plan is an 

increased risk of economic and emotional damage to Nebraska livestock 

producers resulting from an unmitigated disease outbreak. Finally, if this 

plan is not maintained, the entities charged with responding to a disease 

outbreak will not have sufficient resources available to address the disease 

as it is occurring, and to perform associated traces.

This plan supports current in ADTS efforts. In the past, ADTS activities 

were not integrated or coordinated into other animal health-related actions. 

This integration and coordination have now become a necessary aspect of 

most of the major activities to protect Nebraska’s livestock production.

2.5 Inventory of existing infrastructure and suitability assessment

Human Resources
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The addition of the Import Program Specialist and support from Office 

Specialists in other programs, means the 2023 staffing level is adequate to 

maintain current program efficiencies. The staffing level must be 

continually monitored for adjustments as animal health developments may 

affect needs.

Space Availability

The office space is adequate for both current and future ADTS activities.

Connectivity resources and access to the USDA animal disease traceability

and animal health information resources are available both in the office and

in the field.

A new eCVI App has been developed and deployed. The Departments 

VFOs and inspectors also have access to the App. The App requires 

continual monitoring and correction of issues that become apparent. This 

will continue as we strive to progress.

Organization of all all-existing paper records systems used to access animal

disease traceability or animal health information.

The Department is currently scanning existing paper records (ICVIs) to an 

electronic format and indexing each document to allow for more efficient 

retrieval of information. All ICVIs received as email attachments are also 

being indexed into the database. The number of electronically generated 

ICVI is on a steady increase. This is a great benefit in allowing current 

staffing levels to maintain acceptable levels of service to stakeholders.

The current data management capabilities are anticipated to be sufficient 

through 2025. Scanning capacity is adequate. Their use will decrease as the 

use of computer-generated ICVIs and eCVI Apps increase.

While direct electronic input of identification at the capture point would be 

ideal, the most immediate benefit will be our office processes. As eCVI xml 

formats become standard for each state, additional ICVI data will not 

require manual indexing.

III. VISION AND MISSION CONTEXT FOR ADVANCING TRACEABILITY

3.1 & 3.2

Protect the health of Nebraska’s invaluable animal industries by rapidly and 

accurately responding to the threat of disease, increase revenue potential 

with foreign markets and preserving the privacy of the producer.
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IV. TRACEABILITY REQUIREMENTS

2.1 Strategic goal(s)

1. Enhance electronic sharing of data among Federal and State animal 

health officials, veterinarians, and industry; including sharing basic 

ADT data with the Federal Animal Health Events Repository (AHER);

2. Increase use of electronic ID tags for animals requiring individual 

identification to make the transmission of data more efficient.

3. Enhance the ability to track animals from birth to slaughter through a 

system that allows tracking data points to be connected; and

4. Elevate the discussion with States and industry to work toward a system 

where animal health certificates are electronically transmitted from 

private veterinarians to State animal health officials.

4.2 Programmatic goals (objectives)

1. Continue the capture, conversion and filing of interstate certificates of 

Veterinary Inspection (ICVI) Animal Movement Data in electronic format

2. Target, develop and implement outreach messaging by collaborating with 

the Departments Animal Health Emergency Management Program to 

encourages cattle producers to official identify breeding and potential 

breeding stock at transfer of ownership in addition to interstate movement

3. increase number of export ICVIs in electronic formats which will 

facilitate data pulled into OnBase without manual indexing or data stored 

on third party electronic ICVI services

4. Implement re-training for accredited veterinarians on livestock 

movement requirements

4.refine commuter herd agreement processes to avoid loss of traceability

5. Update Premises Identification information

6. Transition to CoreOne data management system

4.3 ADT Trace Performance Measures (TPMs)

The current performance measure now utilizes National Priority Traces 

(NPT). Most of our trace exercises are successfully completed in minutes. 

Maintaining data systems and staff well versed in their operation will be 

maintained.

4.4 Data requirements

The primary source of traceability data is and will be ICVIs. Historically, 

the ICVIs have been stored as hard copies. These were filed by state, 

species, year, and month for manual retrieval as needed.

Before the first Strategic Road Map, historical ICVIs were being scanned 

and then filed electronically in the same manner of filing,state,species, year 

and month for electronic retrieval when needed. This system allowed for
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more efficient retrieval of information but was not sufficient to meet 

retrieval needs when performance standards would be implemented.

We utilize a database operated by the State of Nebraska. It is known as the 

OnBase system. This will provide the benefit of better support and reduce 

or eliminate concerns about storage space on hard drives and servers. This 

system provides many advantages. To maximize utilization of the systems 

capabilities, the data on the ICVIs is indexed. This is because many of the 

ICVIs will continue to be handwritten for years into the future. The software 

system is not able to correctly interpret each of the handwritten pieces of 

information on each ICVI. Because of the need to search for a given 

identification number that may be included on an ICVI in our database, each 

identification number on handwritten ICVIs will require manual data input. 

Given the number of ICVs written and received in Nebraska each year, and 

the number of individual animal identification numbers listed on those 

ICVIs, this data input effort requires the supports of two full-time equivalent 

Office Specialists. Group/lot identification listed on ICVIs will be indexed 

and utilized within the system in the same manner as unique individual 

identification devices.

The standards for location identification will continue to vary within 

Nebraska. This is because of the method in which official metal tags are 

distributed and used in the state. We permit the distribution of “Brite” tags 

to producers by accredited veterinarians. Producers wishing to utilize 

“Brite” tags will not be required to have a premises Identification number 

(PIN). The location identification for this group of producers is what we 

refer to as “phone book” information. This is obtained as a part of the 

distribution system of “Brite” tags as described below.

Participating accredited veterinarians may have “Brite” tags in stock. They 

may distribute the tags directly to producers. When a producer receives 

“Brite” tags from the veterinarian, the veterinarian is required to list that 

distribution on a log form supplied by the department. The information on 

the log includes the date, number of tags the series of tag numbers, and the 

name, address and phone number of the producer receiving the tags. At the 

end of each month, the veterinarian forwards a copy of the log form to the 

Department. The Department enters the information into OnBase. This will 

make the tag history information available and retrievable.

The ADTS-related data compiled or held in the Department will be made 

available upon request and in periodic reports to USDA as required.

4.5 Information technology plan

The IT plan has been generally addressed previously in the data 

requirements section, ADTS information input, storage and retrieval 

activities will be integrated into the Department’s overall information 

system. This will allow much of ADTS storage space and information
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systems support needs to be met by existing Department resources. There 

may be some funding requirements for IT in later years, such as scanner 

replacement and updating of laptop and desktop computers. Data security, 

backups and data redundancy issues will also be addressed by being 

included in the Department’s IT umbrella. Later in 2023 we also plan to 

implement CoreOne.

4.6 Resource requirements

Staff expertise, automated data capture and space resources appear to be 

adequate through 2025.

4.7 Organizational needs

The current organization structure is adequate and unlikely to change.

4.7.1 Executive support

• The administrative authorities have been and continue to be 

supportive of the development of a sound animal disease 

traceability system in Nebraska. An effective animal disease 

traceability system is viewed as a needed program to 

accomplish the NDA mission” ...of protecting the health of 

livestock in Nebraska and determining and employing the 

most efficient and practical means of prevention, 

suppression, control and eradication of diseases 

transmissible among livestock...”

4.7.2 Coordination and oversight procedures

Additional support from executive management will be helpful to 

integrate the import program and ADTS program activities into 

mutually supporting programs. The emphasis of the program in 

cooperative agreements of past years has been the establishment 

and building of a database for all locations where animals may be 

held, raised, or assembled. This naturally became an activity of its 

own, distinct from other Department activities. This has changed 

with the import program and ADTS program cooperating and 

supporting each programs’ activities regarding imports of 

livestock.

4.7.3 Policy

The ADTS staff participates in bi-weekly meetings. One item on 

the agenda for each of these meetings, is to update everyone on 

the many changes in progress and the status of them. These 

meetings will serve well for executive evaluation of progress and 

needs in ADTS activities. The staff meetings have been and will 

continue to be held at a consistent time and place each week.

The evaluation of Nebraska ADT activities through the use of 

NPTs requires access to data contained in ICVIs. The evaluation 

of the effectiveness and, thus, future funding of ADTS activities 

by the Department will be based on the quality, completeness,
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4.7.4 Staffing

timeliness, and retrieval capabilities of information form ICVIs 

and other animal health documents. This makes the integration of 

ADTS activities into the handling and processes involving ICVIs 

and other animal health documents imperative. These changes will 

continue to alter responsibilities for NDA staff and require 

executive support.

The ADTS support staff currently consists of two, full-time Office 

Specialists. The Office Specialists are responsible for the scanning 

and filing of ICVIs and related documents. They are also 

responsible for developing and maintaining spreadsheets or 

appropriate methods to tabulate animal movement data. 

Additionally, they handle calls from veterinarians, markets, and 

producers. They have authority to make decisions needed to 

resolve many issues.

The workload for the current staff requires the full-time 

commitment of both individuals. The addition of the Import 

Program Specialist continues to show value in the staff 

maintaining status on all activities.

The ADTS support staff must have an above-average competency 

and comfort level with computer technologies. They must also be 

capable of comprehending the overall vision and mission of ADT 

activities. Professional credentials and certification are not an 

issue except as guidelines for determining the probable 

capabilities of an individual being considered for a position.

There is limited opportunity to leverage existing staff from other 

Department activities to assist in routine data input functions 

during periods of heavier volume.

The ADTS function has been viewed as a stand-alone, distinct 

function within the Department. This Road Map helps guide efforts 

to integrate ADTS activities into the Department’s animal health 

efforts.

4.7.5 Budget requirements

ADTS activities in Nebraska are funded by cooperative agreement 

funds. State funds are utilized to meet contribution requirements 

when needed. The State’s contribution requirement could usually 

be met in the personnel and fringe benefits budget categories.

The budget for each plan year is determined each year following 

determination of the funds available to the state through that year’s 

cooperative agreement. The net result is objectives are evaluated 

and prioritized in light of funding available that year, not by
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establishing objectives and then acquiring funds to accomplish 

them.

The cooperative agreement funding for the 2022 work plan was

$328,362. Based upon that number and continued system 

efficiencies and staff salary being adjusted for cost of living only, 

annual funding will be adequate.

4.7.6 Outreach

4.7.6.1 Accredited veterinarians

The actions of this group will be key to the 

Department meeting the four performance standards 

for animal disease traceability.

Informing and educating veterinarians was initiated 

in 2011. This involved a series of meetings across the 

state for livestock market operators and livestock 

market veterinarians. The emphasis on veterinarians 

improving the quality of ICVIs was very strong. The 

need to meet timeline requirements for submitting 

the ICVIs to the State Veterinarian was also 

addressed. These activities and points of emphasis 

continued through 2015. They will continue to be 

emphasized in the time frame covered by this Road 

Map.

The Import Program Specialist will work with the

Department to develop and begin distribution of a

quarterly newsletter to veterinarians in the state. 

Informational articles regarding the emphasis on 

improving the quality of information on ICVIs will 

be submitted to the Nebraska Veterinary Medical 

Association’s (NVMA) newsletter. Articles 

regarding ADTS and how changes will affect 

veterinarians will be included.

Additionally, efforts will be made to address district 

meetings of the NVMA and to gain presentation time 

at other NVMA events. These activities will continue 

and possibly increase during 2023 through 2025.

All the previously mentioned ICVI quality 

improvements will continue to be emphasized by 

review of ICVIs in the Department. When the review 

of ICVIs shows continued deficiencies from a 

veterinarian, t he signing veterinarian will be
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counseled on correct completion of an ICVI. They 

will also be informed the incorrect ICVI has been 

forwarded and contact from the receiving state 

should be expected. This contact will provide 

opportunity to reinforce the need to meet quality 

standards when preparing ICVIs.

The accredited veterinarians will also be encouraged 

to utilize computer-generated ICVIs as much as 

practical. A new eICVI App developed by NDA and 

Mi-Corporation is available and being promoted for 

use. This will continue to be made available to 

Nebraska large animal practitioners.

All the previously mentioned activities involving 

veterinarians will require extensive contact. This 

contact will take place in group meetings by district 

or areas and in “one-on-one” meetings at the 

veterinarians’ facilities. The “one-on-one” meetings 

will occur primarily with VFOs.

4.7.6.2 Slaughter plants

• The Department will meet with packing 

plants to evaluate biosecurity plans and 

collaborate on enhanced traceability at 

slaughter.

• After working with plants, the Department 

will document contact information so that it 

can be readily available when necessary.

4.7.6.3 Industry as a whole

Presentations to producer groups and other interested 

parties will be made through the years covered by 

this Road Map. ADTS articles will be prepared for 

inclusion in producer group newsletters and 

magazines. As funds are available media campaigns 

will be conducted to convey the facts of what is 

needed for movement of livestock across state lines. 

This activity will continue in 2023 through 2025.

The quality of ICVIs produced by Nebraska 

veterinarians has improved in each of the years and 

will continue to improve in 2023 through 2025. A 

major point of emphasis in 2023 continues to be 

increasing the percentage of interstate animal
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movements which are properly documented. This is 

a significant issue along each of our state lines where 

producers have operations in each state. Many of 

these undocumented movements are occurring as

normal operations with the producer having no

previous experiences of being required to identify

and document. A major effort will be to continue 

improving how Commuter Herd Agreements are 

dealt with. Veterinarians and producers must know 

the steps of receiving one and how to comply with 

requirements.

While all species will be addressed, the main 

emphasis will be the cow-calf, exhibition, rodeo, and

dairy producers. Except for the dairy animals, these 

are the areas with the lowest levels of trace 

capabilities.

4.8 Monitoring and reporting interstate movement activity

This activity will again rely on the use of information contained in the ICVIs. The

data retrieval capabilities of OnBase allow excellent monitoring of interstate

movement activities. The information entered into OnBase will include the

tabulations on number of ICVIs for imports and exports and the total number of 

animals by specie involved. Other electronic ICVI platforms are queried for the 

information they contain.

The information on the distribution volume of official identification device and back 

tags will be obtained from the AIMS, brucellosis vaccination tag order records and 

“Brite” tag distribution logs from the VS Office.

V. ADVANCING TRACEABILITY

5.1 Ranking of priorities for advancement

• Streamline accurate handling of ICVI and encourage and support the 

transition to eCVI use.

• Easing the transition of RFID use for interstate movements for 

Nebraska constituents.

• Prioritize outreach as a way to build trust with constituents and 

facilitate the successful transition to the above technology.

5.2 Implementation of objectives

• Increase number of export ICVIs in electronic formats which will facilitate data 
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pulled into OnBase without manual indexing or data stored on third party 

electronic ICVI services;

• Target, develop and implement outreach messaging encouraging cattle

producers to officially identify breeding and potential breeding stock at

transfer of ownership in addition to interstate movement; and

• Implement re-training for accredited veterinarians on livestock movement 

requirements