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The U.S. Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service awarded a $537,193 Cooperative Agreement to North Carolina State University, an 1862 Land Grant College and educational institution located in Raleigh, North Carolina. The purpose of this 2-year agreement, which runs from July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2025, is to develop a new comprehensive training manual that will improve veterinarians' abilities to correctly identify foreign animal diseases. The project will deliver outreach materials including brochures, websites, and social media posts aimed at improving biosecurity practices among small-to-medium size swine producers. The anticipated outcome is to improve the knowledge and skills of Texas animal agriculture responders and producers to humanely and safely carry out large-scale cattle carcass disposal activities in the event of a foreign animal disease outbreak.

Purpose

What is the purpose of the cooperative agreement? For example, "the purpose of this agreement is to develop a new comprehensive training manual that will improve veterinarians' abilities to correctly identify foreign animal diseases." 2.

Activities

What activities will the recipient carry out to achieve the objectives of the cooperative agreement? 3. Deliverables and expected outcomes: include deliverables and outcomes in the award description. Deliverables are specific products to be produced from the cooperative agreement such as reports, educational materials, websites, standard operating procedures, publications, documents to support decision-making, etc. For example, "the project will deliver outreach materials including brochures, websites, and social media posts aimed at improving biosecurity practices among small-to-medium size swine producers." expected outcomes describe the project's anticipated impact on a specified target audience. For example, "the project will improve the knowledge and skills of texas animal agriculture responders and producers to humanely and safely carry out large-scale cattle carcass disposal activities in an FAD outbreak event." 4. Intended beneficiary(IES): who will benefit from this beyond the recipient? This could be a community or other group of stakeholders. 5. Subrecipient activities, if known or specified at the time of award: if the award will resul