{"id":43615,"date":"2016-12-23T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-12-23T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalbison.org\/usda-releases-comprehensive-report-conducted-on-bison-health-and-management\/"},"modified":"2025-02-27T07:33:15","modified_gmt":"2025-02-27T14:33:15","slug":"usda-releases-comprehensive-report-conducted-on-bison-health-and-management","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalbison.org\/usda-releases-comprehensive-report-conducted-on-bison-health-and-management\/","title":{"rendered":"USDA Releases Comprehensive Report Conducted on Bison Health and Management"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Bison 2014 Report Called \u2018Deepest Dive Ever\u2019 Into Bison Ranching<br><\/em><\/strong><br>Westminster, CO (December 23, 2016) &#8212; The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) &nbsp;this week released the final report on the most comprehensive study ever conducted on the health and management practices on United States bison farms and ranches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 200-page report, entitled <em>Bison 2014 \u2013 Health and Management Practices on U.S. Ranched-Bison Operations,<\/em> is the result of a three-year comprehensive epidemiological study of the American bison herd spearheaded by the USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS). The epidemiological study was initiated after the National Bison Association submitted a formal request to USDA in 2013.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cBison 2014 represents the deepest dive into modern bison business ever conducted,\u201d said NBA Executive Director Dave Carter. \u201cThe information in this report will provide herd managers, bison association leaders, and public policy makers with some significant information regarding the key areas for focusing public and private resources.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The final report notes, \u201cThe Bison 2014 study was conducted in all States and provides information on health and management practices on U.S. ranched-bison operations to study participants, stakeholders, and the bison industry as a whole. Most estimates in this report refer to the reference period of July 1, 2013, through June 30, 2014.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The two-year study covered a broad range of issues, including current management practices, bison reproduction, herd health management practices, and disease testing, and population estimates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A complete version of the Bison 2014 study is available at: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aphis.usda.gov\/animal_health\/nahms\/bison\/downloads\/bison14\/Bison2014_DR.pdf\">https:\/\/www.aphis.usda.gov\/animal_health\/nahms\/bison\/downloads\/bison14\/Bison2014_DR.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bison 2014 Report Called \u2018Deepest Dive Ever\u2019 Into Bison RanchingWestminster, CO (December 23, 2016) &#8212; The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) &nbsp;this week released the final report on the most &#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-43615","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - 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