Secure milk supply (SMS) biosecurity plans were created for awareness of disease transmission risk, increasing strategies to mitigate same, and provide business continuity for dairy producers if…
Active Cooperative Agreement Awarded Last action
- Award ID
- AP24VSSP0000C113
- Recipient
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Texas A&M Agrilife Research UEI KU3DCFJJTVN3 Part of Texas A & M University System
- Awarding agency
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Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Department of Agriculture
- Obligated
- $199,950
Award facts
- Assistance listing
- 10.025 Plant and Animal Disease, Pest Control, and Animal Care
- Completion date 72% complete
- Originally
- Place of performance
- Texas, USA
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Description
- Purpose
- Write SMS plans to harden biosecurity infrastructure, identify obstacles to plan writing, share via educational document/training, and develop future veterinarians to write plans and alleviate veterinary shortage for same.
- Activities
- 1. Project veterinarians will write SMS plans for some of the largest milking dairies, calf ranches/heifer raiser facilities/milk processors in US. 2. Using a train-the-trainer concept, 4TH year veterinary students will participate in risk identification/mitigation through plan development, thus creating sustainable continuity by developing plans using next generation veterinarians. 3. Identify obstacles/best management practices for SMS completion through interactions with dairy veterinarians/producers 4. Lessons learned shared through multimedia training materials; industry publications/lectures include resource document created for future SMS writing. Professional meetings with dairy veterinarians including CEU credit to increase attendance. Dairy producer meetings. State veterinarian meetings. Other outreach venues deliverables: 1. Completed SMS plans for selected dairies, processors, and calf ranches 2. Creation of best practices "one pager" for dairy veterinarians and dairy stakeholders 3. Delivery of educational presentations to dairy/state veterinarians and stakeholders 4. Outreach materials provided through websites and social media complements a simultaneous process writing secure beef supply (SBS) plans for regional beef feedyards. Both sectors need biosecurity plans to feed the nation if a catastrophic disease outbreak occurs. Outcomes - 1) more SMS plans written increasing biosecurity for region, 2) SMS process better understood, 3) new generations of dairy veterinarians trained, 4) SMS planning continues past project end thru education of 4TH veterinary students, 5) beef/swine industry benefits. Beneficiaries: dairy/beef producers, veterinarians, and dairy/beef consumers.
Transactions
| Action | Obligated | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Amendment | $0 | |
| Original award | $199,950 |
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Who received award AP24VSSP0000C113?
AP24VSSP0000C113 was awarded to Texas A&M Agrilife Research by Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (Department of Agriculture) on September 1, 2024.
How much is award AP24VSSP0000C113 worth?
$199,950 has been obligated on AP24VSSP0000C113.
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