Provide monitoring and surveillance activities in order to prevent the spread of reportable and emerging diseases, as well as to monitor for diseases that affect livestock and poultry production at…

Provide monitoring and surveillance activities in order to prevent the spread of reportable and emerging diseases, as well as to monitor for diseases that affect livestock and poultry production at the ground level, i.e. farmers, ranchers, livestock markets and other farming and ranching management systems. The recipient will conduct surveillance through multiple avenues including but not limited to, disease investigations, routine testing, sick bird calls. In addition, the state will conduct outreach to both accredited dvms and producers. The PM will have quarterly meetings with the cooperator and be available for any questions or concerns at their request. The goals will include required disease testing, timely response to disease situations or outbreaks, outreach to producers and accredited veterinarians, as well as the completion of all tasks and activities that are within the scope of the cooperative agreement.