This cooperative agreement is directed toward accomplishing the following objectives.MS will meet the needs for surveillance, prepar edness, response, and outreach necessary to protect american…

This cooperative agreement is directed toward accomplishing the following objectives.MS will meet the needs for surveillance, prepar edness, response, and outreach necessary to protect american agriculture and accomplish VS mission goals. MS will work with our USDA national priority trace (NPT) coordinator and USDA animal identification coordinator (AIC) to conduct all applicable NPT and real traces (slaughter reactors, public record requests) that use official ID. The AIC collects the source document and submit those to the NPT coordinator. MS will meet traceability performance standards by documenting and recording applicable traces and trace exercises in EMRS2. MS will continue to work with USDA aphis VS in mississippi to distribute rfid tags to continue to increase the potential of a fully electronic system to minimize data entry errors, go paperless, and enhance ADT. Trace first's coreone database will be utilized as a compatible system with USDA and some other state systems. MS will continue implementation of an outreach plan to educate dealers, agents, producers, veterinarians, and other stakeholders on animal disease traceability. This cooperative agreement will perform the following activities. Traceability performance measures, administration and documentation of official identification and information sharing will be maintained and expanded. Expansion of electronic records through outreach to producers, markets and public by attending key meetings with farm bureau, mississippi cattlemens association, state veterinary medical association meetings, veterinary student training, beef and poultry expo. Maintain compliance and enforcement of traceability regulations by ensuring all 30 of the livestock markets in MS have an inspector. The deliverables and expected outcomes of this cooperative agreement are to conduct NPT and real traces that use official ID, to include data entry; assign and apply rfid tags at all 30 MS markets; track all tags issued, by entering data into core one database; attend all local, state, regional and national meetings to discuss traceability with stakeholders; inspect all markets at minimum quarterly; educate stakeholders on ADT. The intended beneficiaries for this cooperative agreement are the following: mbah, producers of over 13,600 cattle herds including over 810,000 cattle, 30 MS livestock markets, and the public by ensuring adequate traceability in the national herd. No subrecipients.