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Volume 29, Issue 12 , Pages 823-827 , December 2009

Equine Veterinarians' and Health Care Professionals' Concerns Related to the Implementation of the National Equine Identification System

K.S. Vanderman, BS
- Department of Dairy and Animal Science, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania
N.A. Dreschel, DVM, PhD
- Department of Dairy and Animal Science, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania
A.M. Swinker, PhD
- Department of Dairy and Animal Science, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania
- Reprint requests: Ann M. Swinker, Department of Dairy and Animal Science, The Pennsylvania State University, 324 W.L. Henning Building, University Park, PA 16802-3503.
D.M. Kniffen, PhD
- Department of Dairy and Animal Science, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania
R.B. Radhakrishna, PhD
- Department of Agricultural and Extension Education, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania
J.R. Werner, VMD
- Department of Dairy and Animal Science, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania
E.A. Jedrzejewski, DVM
- Department of Dairy and Animal Science, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania

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