NAHMS 294 NAHMS Swine 2012 Saliva Collection Record

Animal and Plant Health Inspection

Service

Veterinary Services

National Animal Health Monitoring System

2150 Centre Dr #B

Fort Collins, CO 80526

Form Approved

OM B Number 0579-0315

EXP. DATE: XX/XXXX

NAHMS

Swine 2012

Saliva Collection Record

Select 10 pens on the operation and tie 2 ropes into each pen.

The ropes must hang to within 6 inches of the ground. Pigs will investigate by chewing on the rope.

Remove the rope between 5 and 7 days.

Now what do they do?

Ship to lab along with the copy of this form within 24 hours of collection.

Send white copy to your Coordinator within 3 business days.

Additional information regarding blood collection is described in the Field Handbook.

NAHMS-294

SEPT 2011

According to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, an agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a valid OMB control number. The valid OMB control number for this information collection is 0579-0315. The time required to complete this information collection is estimated to average 3.5 hours per response, including the time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the collection of information.

Farm ID	Key Collector name and phone number:	Date ropes placed in pens:	Date ropes collected:	Kit Number
8-digits: ST, Op, Site	Lab wants phone number in case there are questions,	MM/DD/YY	MM/DD/YY	Must match labels
Farm ID # of People Involved _____ Fed VMO _____ Fed AHT _____ State VMO _____ St AHT _____ Producer _____ Priv Vet _____ Others-specify:		Amount of time to place the ropes:	Amount of time to remove the ropes and prepare them for shipping:	Total travel time for both trips to operation for the placement/removal of the ropes:
Enter number of people for each category that helped place and/or remove the ropes		In hours	In hours	In hours – total for everyone

Rope #	Facility / Bldg ID	Pen ID	# of pigs in pen	Pig age in weeks	Pig gender
1a/b					M F Both
2a/b					M F Both
3a/b					M F Both
4a/b					M F Both
5a/b					M F Both
6a/b					M F Both
7a/b					M F Both
8a/b					M F Both
9a/b					M F Both
10a/b					M F Both