Foot and Mouth Disease

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is seeking public comment on a petition from a vaccine manufacturer seeking approval to produce foot-and-mouth disease …

The USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) announced this week the first major foot-and-mouth vaccine purchase to store in the National Animal Vaccine and Veterinary Countermeasures Bank. APHIS …

Washington – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced $10.2 million in awards through the National Animal Disease Preparedness and Response Program (NADPRP) and the National Animal Health Laboratory Network. …

WASHINGTON, D.C., Oct. 1, 2019 – Representatives of the National Pork Producers Council, the National Milk Producers Federation, the National Corn Growers Association and Iowa State University today called on the …

The South Dakota Stockgrowers are growing increasingly frustrated at the direction the USDA is taking animal traceability.   Rapid City, SD (SDSGA)- After James Halverson, Executive Director for The South …

The American Sheep Industry Association has initiated a project to develop a Secure Sheep and Wool Supply Plan for Business Continuity in a Foreign Animal Disease Outbreak, working with the …

This week the American Sheep Industry folkstook their annual ASI Spring Trip to Washington D.C. On Tuesday Dr. Scott Hutchins – the nominee for U.S. Department of Agriculture deputy under …