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Effectively identify and contain potential
threats to animal health and food safety.

USALims, the information management tool for diagnostic animal laboratories, and USAHerds, the animal health tracking and program management application, integrated to create a comprehensive animal disease identification, containment and eradication system.

Research in minutes that previously required weeks.

USALims and USAHerds are two key components of a complete Animal Health Management Solution (AHMS). By consolidating and integrating the data of individual animals and herds (USAHerds) with the laboratory test results (USALims), your staff can now perform immediate ad-hoc analysis of test data, and track results from the animal, herd and surrounding geographic area via GIS.

Spend five minutes with John I. Enck, Jr. VMD, Director of Animal Diagnostic Laboratory at Pennsylvania State University

We have prepared two short videos featuring the voice of Dr. John Enck, VMD to discuss how USAHerds and USALims (formerly PAHerds and PALims) have helped streamline the entry, access and management of Penn States' animal health management system.

PALims
CliCK HERE
2 minute testimonial
by Dr. John Enck
USALims - Tracking the Test Results(formerly PALims)
USALims is a robust data management tool that features automated client report generation, distribution and auditing, advanced search options, canned comments and shortcuts, and client account and billing management.
PAHerds
CliCK HERE
2 minute Video
Presentation
USAHerds - Tracking Animal Locations(formerly PAHerds)
USAHerds is a browser based application that has an enterprise data store. The system supports a hierarchy of premises that allows tracking of fields or buildings in a postal address or multiple leasers within a given premises. The system supports various means of identifying livestock and poultry.
award

USAHerds was the recipient of:

  • The American Council for Technology's 2006 Intergovernmental Solutions Award
  • The Best of Pennsylvania Technology Award 2008 Most Innovative Use of Technology
  •  The National Agribusiness Technology Center (NATC) is pleased to announce the selection of Pennsylvania's PA Herds (USA Herds) and PA Lims (USA Lims) software products as the "Best Available Technology"





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USALims:
Current participating states include:

  • Florida
  • Louisiana State University
  • North Carolina
  • Pennsylvania
  • Kentucky
  • West Virginia
  • South Carolina
  • Virginia

USAHerds:
Current participating states include:

  • Colorado
  • Pennsylvania
  • Kansas
  • Kentucky
  • Indiana
  • Missouri
  • Michigan
  • Montana
  • Oklahoma
  • South Carolina
  • Vermont
The PA Dept of Agriculture owns the software suite but it is offered to other states free of charge by a
licensing agreement. The licensee through whom we request you work to obtain the software is the National
Agribusiness Technology Center (NATC). The NATC makes the software available under their AGRAGUARD software brand. The NATC also manages the implementation, maintenance and software support as well as the development of additional enhancements to the system (http://www.tnatc.org).
For more information on USAHerds and to learn how it can help your organization, please contact:

Drew Polulak, Chief Information Officer
at the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture
at dpolulak@state.pa.us or (717)705-8897

Or
NATC President, Dr. R. Frank Lee
at franklee@rrohio.com or (614) 961-2202