Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and Agriculture Deputy Secretary Krysta Harden present the Secretary’s Honor Award to Bovine Tuberculosis Genotyping Team, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) in Ames, IA Group leader Suelee Robbe-Austerman, DVM, M.S., Ph.D., for implementing whole genome sequencing to increase the efficiency and cost-effectiveness of the bovine tuberculosis eradication program and position the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to better serve its stakeholders at the 2013 Secretary's Honor Awards in the Jefferson Auditorium at USDA in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2013. USDA photo by Lance Cheung.
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