State Animal Health Official Perspective on the Use of eICVIs - Dr. Keith Roehr, State Veterinarian, Colorado Department of Agriculture, from the 2012 Annual Conference of the National Institute for Animal Agriculture, March 26 - 29, Denver, CO, USA. More presentations at: http://www.trufflemedia.com/agmedia/conference/2012-decreasing-resources-increasing-regulation-advance-animal-agriculture

1. Electronic CVIs Conclusion
Dr. Keith Roehr, State Veterinarian
Colorado Department of Agriculture
A State Animal Health Official Perspective

2. Health Certificates- Past
• Slow
• Tedious
• Paper intensive

3. Health Certificates- Now
• Fast, more efficient and “paper light”

4. ECVI Benefits
• Real time information
• Easier upload into animal
traceability software
systems
• Legible Certificates
• Complete Certificates
• Public expects electronic
systems

5. Comporting with the
Animal Disease Traceability Rule
• Age requirement vs.
potential use
• States rules are sometimes
more stringent

6. ECVI Challenges/Opportunities
• Any barriers to the transfer
of data from the ECVI into
state software systems is
an impediment to ADT
– Varied eCVIs to varied state
software systems, how well
will data transfer?
– Fees from companies that
host eCVIs

7. ECVI Challenges/Opportunities
• Training of
veterinarians and
livestock producers
• Livestock Auction
Market
implementation

8. Colorado e-Vet Certificate

9. Colorado e-Vet Certificate
• Looks like a health
certificate
• Easy to Use
• Low tech solution
• Files saved to machine
locally
– Email or print later
• Required fields

10. Electronic CVIs; Conclusions
• It’s time to move forward
• The real goal is improved disease response
• The need is a collaborative effort; industry, state and
federal
A State Animal Health Official Perspective
What do you
think?