Avian, cattle, equine cervid small ruminant, and zoonotic iitiatives - FY21 animal health national surveillance and response activities

The Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service awarded a $250,119.81 cooperative agreement to the Tennessee Department of Agriculture Division of Animal Industries from April 1, 2021 to March 31, 2022. The funding supports the agency's Plant and Animal Disease, Pest Control, and Animal Care federal grant program (CFDA 10.025), which aims to protect U.S. agriculture from economically injurious plant and animal diseases and pests.

Specifically, the cooperative agreement funding will support Tennessee's avian, cattle, equine, cervid, small ruminant, and zoonotic disease surveillance and response activities for fiscal year 2021. This includes monitoring and testing to identify potential diseases in livestock and poultry populations that could negatively impact agricultural industries if left unaddressed. The surveillance data also helps safeguard public health by tracking zoonotic diseases transmissible between animals and humans.