This Cooperative Agreement award, provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (USDA APHIS) under the Plant and Animal Disease, Pest Control, and Animal Care Federal Grant Program (CFDA 10.025), supports animal disease surveillance and response preparedness activities. The $225,209 award to the Agriculture Delaware Dept, Poultry & Animal Health Division, aims to provide specific information to the recipient, APHIS, and other stakeholders on...
This Cooperative Agreement, awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (USDA APHIS), is funded under the Plant and Animal Disease, Pest Control, and Animal Care Federal Grant Program (CFDA 10.025). The purpose of this $127,515 award is to conduct animal disease traceability activities that will provide specific information to the recipient, APHIS, and other interested parties for various commodities. Key activities include supporting animal...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) awarded a $234,158 cooperative agreement to the Texas Poultry Improvement Association under the Plant and Animal Disease, Pest Control, and Animal Care program (CFDA 10.025). The purpose of this 1-year agreement, effective April 1, 2024, is to conduct national surveillance and response activities for foreign animal diseases in poultry, specifically highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) and virulent...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (USDA APHIS) awarded a $424,253 Cooperative Agreement to the Florida Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services under the Plant and Animal Disease, Pest Control, and Animal Care Federal Grant Program (CFDA 10.025). The purpose of this 1-year agreement is to conduct national animal health surveillance and response activities, including supporting animal health staff, providing training, and carrying out disease...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has awarded a $315,000 Cooperative Agreement to the Dominican University of California under the Plant and Animal Disease, Pest Control, and Animal Care program (CFDA 10.025). The primary purpose of this 1-year agreement, effective July 1, 2024, is for the university to manage a simulated ornamental plant nursery facility that enables research on quarantine pests and pathogens, such as Phytophthora ramorum,...
This Cooperative Agreement award from the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), under the USDA's Plant and Animal Disease, Pest Control, and Animal Care program (CFDA 10.025), provides $234,158 to the Texas Poultry Improvement Association to conduct national surveillance and response activities for foreign animal diseases in poultry, specifically focused on highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) and virulent Newcastle disease (VND). The key products and services to be delivered...
The purpose of this $127,240 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) under the Plant and Animal Disease, Pest Control, and Animal Care program (CFDA 10.025) is to conduct outreach and education for county emergency management agencies on state animal disease response plans. The key activities include: Delivering presentations at multiple regional emergency management meetings and the annual state emergency...
This Cooperative Agreement award of $821,639.00 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) under the Plant and Animal Disease, Pest Control, and Animal Care program (CFDA 10.025) supports research and analysis on the risk of African Swine Fever (ASF) spreading to the United States from the Dominican Republic and other areas of Latin America and the Caribbean. The key objectives are to: a) critically review the current understanding of ASF risk...
This Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (USDA APHIS) supports a project to improve the identification of Bactrocera dorsalis sensu lato group species and develop a rapid approach for species identification and pathway analysis. The $242,322 award, effective from September 30, 2023 to September 29, 2024, will be used to analyze port-intercepted material collected between 2021 and 2023, identifying species within the...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) awarded a $1,621,820 Cooperative Agreement to Lifestock, Inc., a woman-owned non-profit organization, under the Plant and Animal Disease, Pest Control, and Animal Care Federal Grant Program (CFDA 10.025). The purpose of this award is to establish an international collaboration to implement enhanced surveillance and timely detection of high-consequence foreign animal and zoonotic disease threats to U.S....