____________ conducts national studies that provide essential information on livestock and poultry health, and management to decision makers, including producers, researchers, and policymakers

• A. National Agricultural Health Survey
• B. National Animal Health Monitoring System
• C. National Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring System
• D. Animal Health and Production Monitoring Network

Answer: (B)

National Animal Health Monitoring System is the program that conducts national studies providing essential information on livestock and poultry health and management to decision makers, including producers, researchers, and policymakers. Run by USDA APHIS, it designs on‑farm surveys across major species to gather data on health status, production practices, disease prevalence, and biosecurity. The resulting reports translate into practical guidance for producers, help set research priorities, and inform policy with evidence about how health and management practices influence productivity and disease risk. Other options don’t fit as well: antimicrobial resistance monitoring focuses on resistance patterns rather than broad health and management insights, and the other named networks are not the established national program dedicated to comprehensive livestock and poultry health and production monitoring in the same way. The right choice is the National Animal Health Monitoring System.