United States
Department of
Agriculture
Animal and
Plant Health
Inspection
Service
Veterinary
Services
National
Animal Health
Monitoring
System
November 2006
Equine 2005
Part I: Baseline Reference of Equine Health
and Management, 2005
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Acknowledgments
This report was a cooperative effort between two U.S. Department of Agriculture
(USDA) agencies: the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) and the
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS).
We would like to thank the NASS enumerators who visited equine operations
and collected the