The Swine 2012 Study will be used to
collect data on management practices, antimicrobial use, disease
prevalence, and identify potential risk factors of
disease.
US Code:
7 USC
8301 Name of Law: Animal Health Protection Act
This is a reinstatement of
Collection 0579-0315 resulting in a program change of 11,728 burden
hours that will investigate current issues and examine general
health and management practices of swine used on farms. The
information collected through this study will be used by APHIS to
identify the prevalence of risk factors for reintroduction of
diseases in the population at risk and provide starting estimates
and distributions for simulation modeling of program diseases. The
survey methodology is essentially unchanged since the last approval
of this but the questions being asked have been changed to reflect
the current needs of the program. This survey will support the
following objectives: 1) Describe current U.S. swine production
practices including general management practices, housing
practices, productivity, disease prevention and mortality for five
phases of production: gestation, farrowing, nursery, grow/finish
and wean-to-finish; 2) Describe trends in swine health and
management practices. 3) Determine the prevalence and associated
risk factors for select respiratory, neurologic, gastrointestinal,
systemic and food-borne pathogens found in weaned market hogs; 4)
Describe antibiotic usage patterns in weaned market hogs to control
and treat disease and promote growth; 5) Evaluate presence of or
exposure to select pathogens and characterize isolated organisms
from the collection of biological specimens (feces, sera, saliva);
6) Estimate the economic cost of a selected respiratory,
neurologic, gastrointestinal, systemic, or food-borne pathogen
found in commercial swine herds.
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that
the collection of information encompassed by this request complies
with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR
1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding
the proposed collection of information, that the certification
covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a
benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control
number;
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these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked
and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.