@article{Ortega:92597,
      recid = {92597},
      author = {Ortega, Carlos and Peel, Derrell S.},
      title = {The Mexican Animal Identification System: Current  Situation, Problems, and Potential},
      journal = {Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics},
      address = {2010-08},
      number = {1379-2016-113610},
      pages = {7},
      year = {2010},
      abstract = {Mexico initiated a federal animal  identification (ID)  system (SINIIGA) in 2003. The program is administered by an  agency of the federal Department of Agriculture (SAGARPA)  and has been used primarily to support a federal subsidy  program for livestock producers. The program is  conceptually well designed, but implementation thus far  falls short of the potential and needs, most importantly in  animal disease management. Although substantial numbers of  animals have been tagged, relatively little progress has  been made in developing a usable animal ID information  system. Animal health officials currently are not actively  involved in the development and use of the system.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/92597},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.92597},
}