The U.S. legally imported more than 1 billion live animals from 2005 through 2008. With increased trade and travel, zoonotic diseases (transmitted between animals and humans) and animal diseases can emerge anywhere and spread rapidly. The importation of live animals is governed by five principal statutes and implemented by four agencies. This report examined, among other things: (1) potential gaps in the statutory and regulatory framework governing live animal imports, if any, that may allow the introduction and spread of zoonotic and animal diseases; and (2) the extent to which the agencies collaborate to meet their responsibilities, and face barriers, if any, to collaboration. Includes recommend. Tables. This is a print on demand report.

Excerpt from Regulations Governing the Importation of Domestic Livestock and Other Animals Into the United States: Effective on and After May 1, 1927 Regulation 19. Collie, shepherd, and other dogs imported into the United States from any part of the world except Canada. Mexico, countries of Cen tral America, and the West Indies, and which are to be used in the handling of sheep or other livestock shall be inspected and quarantined at the port of entry for a sufficient time to determine their freedom from the tapeworm (taenia co'nurus), and if found infested with such tapeworm they shall be properly treated under the supervision Of an inspector to free them from such tapeworm infestation. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.