NAHMS-239 Poultry 2010 Company Agreement

National Animal Health
Monitoring System

Poultry 2010

Animal and
Plant Health
Inspection
Service
Veterinary
Services

2150 Centre Ave, Bldg B
Fort Collins, CO 80526
Form Approved
OMB Number
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Company Agreement

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) and the Company hereby enter into
this National Animal Health Monitoring System (NAHMS) Poultry 2010 Study COMPANY AGREEMENT, the terms of which
are set forth below.
1.

APHIS will implement a statistically valid NAHMS study for determining national estimates of turkey-health practices and
for compiling health information to enhance turkey production.

2.

The Company will assist APHIS by providing accurate information regarding turkey-health and management practices
related to the study objectives. The Company retains the right to refuse any questions deemed inappropriate.

3.

APHIS will keep the origin of the data confidential by recording the data with the Company’s unique code number only.
APHIS will not keep any key to the code after the completion of the study. APHIS acknowledges that the Company is
providing information and samples that he/she does not customarily share and is providing it with the expectation that it will
not be made public. The one exception to data confidentiality is the suspicion or diagnosis of a dangerously contagious,
infectious, or exotic disease foreign to the U.S. on the Company’s farm (e.g., HPAI), in which case further investigation and
possible action may occur.

4.

Data collected during the study will not be used for regulatory purposes. However, information on a farm’s birds revealed
from sources unrelated to the Poultry 2010 study, such as testing and inspection for movement or sale of animals or tracebacks
on testing done at slaughter, may cause regulatory action to be initiated by the State or APHIS.

5.

APHIS may publish, or authorize others to publish, the aggregate (summary) findings acquired from NAHMS for the benefit
of the turkey industry, allied private industry, and other interested groups, but will ensure that the identity of the Company is
withheld. APHIS may not publish, or authorize others to publish, individual responses. APHIS may perform additional testing,
or authorize others to perform additional testing of samples collected through the study, for the benefit of the turkey industry,
but will ensure that the identity of the Company is withheld.

6.

After completion of data reporting by the Company, APHIS will provide the Company with a report containing summary
results from all participating farms. Further information available from this study can be accessed via the NAHMS Web site
or subscribing to the NAHMS mailing list.

7.

The Company will complete a brief evaluation of the Poultry 2010 study, the results of which will be used to assist APHIS in
the design and implementation of future NAHMS surveys.

8.

Any changes to or waivers of the terms of this COMPANY AGREEMENT shall be binding on APHIS and the Company only
if they are put in writing by each party.

9.

The effective data collection period of this COMPANY AGREEMENT shall begin with today’s date of ____/____/____ and
end no later than December 31, 2010.

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VS Employee, U.S. Department of Agriculture, APHIS

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Company or authorized representative

According to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, an agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to
resond to a collection of information unless it displays a valid OMB control number. The valid OMB control number for this
information collection is 0579-XXXX. The time required to complete this information collection is estimated to average 0.25
hours per response, including the time to review instructions, search existing data resources, gather the data needed, and
complete and review the information collected.

NAHMS-239
MAY 2010