Cooperative Agreement AP24VSDB000C010

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. agriculture and public health. Key activities to be performed by Lifestock, Inc. under this 18-month award include: convening with APHIS to identify priority areas, developing guidelines for collaborating laboratories, regularly evaluating program performance, conducting capacity building trainings, disbursing funds to collaborating laboratories, and organizing an annual symposium to present study findings. This award supports APHIS' efforts to strengthen global disease surveillance and mitigate the threat of accidental or intentional introduction of foreign animal and zoonotic pathogens to the United States.