The County of Los Angeles Department of Public Health will provide free animal testing for SARS-CoV-2 and distribute information about preventing animal exposures and what to do if an animal gets infected through $1.5 million in funding from the Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) under the Plant and Animal Disease, Pest Control, and Animal Care (10.025) program. Working with veterinarians, animal shelters, wildlife officials, zoo staff, researchers,...
The Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service awarded a $3,690,494.57 cooperative agreement to the California Department of Food and Agriculture from July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2022 under the Plant and Animal Disease, Pest Control, and Animal Care federal grant program (CFDA 10.025). The award will support the California Department of Food and Agriculture's detector dog project to protect U.S. agriculture from economically injurious plant and animal diseases and pests,...
This federal 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), is intended to support a range of agricultural health and protection activities in California. The $1,197,033 award will fund surveillance, inspections, diagnostics, education, and outreach programs to prevent foreign animal diseases and zoonotic...
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....
The Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service awarded a $236,982 cooperative agreement to the California Department of Food and Agriculture from April 1, 2021 through March 31, 2022 under the Plant and Animal Disease, Pest Control, and Animal Care program (CFDA 10.025). The award will support the California Department of Food and Agriculture's Animal Disease Traceability activities for fiscal year 2021, including the provision of technical services to protect U.S....
The California Department of Food and Agriculture received a $1,437,058 cooperative agreement award from the United States Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service to support avian, cattle, equine, cervid, small ruminant, swine, and zoonotic disease surveillance and response activities from April 1, 2021 to March 31, 2022. Under this award, the California Department of Food and Agriculture will deliver animal health national surveillance and response products and...
This $4,124,725 federal Cooperative Agreement award, funded 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 Grant Program (CFDA 10.025), supports efforts to prevent the introduction of invasive species and agricultural pests into California. The award will enable the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) to oversee the utilization of 14 detector dog teams to...
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) awarded a $165,579 Cooperative Agreement to the County of Los Angeles Department of Public Health (DPH) under the CDC Investigations and Technical Assistance program (CFDA 93.283). The award, effective July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2030, will support a range of public health initiatives focused on controlling communicable diseases, chronic diseases, and other preventable health conditions in Los Angeles County. Through this Cooperative...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (USDA APHIS) awarded a $5,207,332.08 Cooperative Agreement to the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) under the Plant and Animal Disease, Pest Control, and Animal Care Federal Grant Program (CFDA 10.025). This funding will support CDFA's response activities to the highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) outbreak in California's dairy industry. Key activities include rapid investigation and...
The Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service awarded a $2,225,835 Cooperative Agreement to the University of Florida to address gaps in surveillance and investigation activities for SARS-CoV-2 in animals, including farmed animals, captive wildlife, free-ranging wildlife, and companion animals, with a focus on the enrollment of working dogs. This effort under the Plant and Animal Disease, Pest Control, and Animal Care federal grant program (CFDA 10.025) will involve...