This Cooperative Agreement award from the USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) under the Plant and Animal Disease, Pest Control, and Animal Care program (CFDA 10.025) provides $158,738 to the State of Washington Department of Agriculture (WSDA) to support animal disease traceability efforts in the state. The key objectives are to: 1) Facilitate the use of official livestock identification by providing identification devices to stakeholders; 2) Promote the adoption of...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) awarded a $322,224 Cooperative Agreement to the Washington State Department of Agriculture (WSDA) under the Plant and Animal Disease, Pest Control, and Animal Care Federal Grant Program (CFDA 10.025). The purpose of this 1-year award is to support joint federal-state animal health objectives, including continuation of animal disease control/eradication programs, prevention of foreign animal disease...
The Washington State Department of Agriculture received a $184,159 cooperative agreement award from the United States Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service under the agency's Plant and Animal Disease, Pest Control, and Animal Care federal grant program (CFDA 10.025). The award funded animal disease traceability activities from April 1, 2021 through March 31, 2022. As the direct recipient, the Washington State Department of Agriculture worked to protect U.S....
This $322,224 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) under the Plant and Animal Disease, Pest Control, and Animal Care Program (CFDA 10.025) supports the Washington State Department of Agriculture (WSDA) in carrying out a variety of animal health-related objectives. Key activities include disease surveillance, prevention, and response preparedness for high-consequence animal diseases such as avian influenza,...
The Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) awarded a $374,764 cooperative agreement to the Washington State Department of Agriculture to support animal health national surveillance and response activities from April 1, 2021 to March 31, 2022. Under the agreement, the Washington State Department of Agriculture will deliver animal health surveillance and emergency response services for avian, cattle, equine, cervids, small ruminants, swine, and zoonotic...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) awarded a $100,150 Cooperative Agreement to the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture under the USDA's Plant and Animal Disease, Pest Control, and Animal Care (CFDA 10.025) program. The purpose of this agreement is to implement APHIS's Animal Disease Traceability (ADT) program and advance its overarching goals. Key activities include conducting national priority traces, distributing RFID and official...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) awarded a $104,951 Cooperative Agreement to the State of West Virginia Department of Agriculture, doing business as Administrative Services, under the USDA Plant and Animal Disease, Pest Control, and Animal Care (CFDA 10.025) grant program. The purpose of this 1-year agreement is to conduct animal disease traceability activities that will provide specific information to APHIS and other interested parties. Key...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) awarded a $140,000 Cooperative Agreement to Washington State University under the Plant and Animal Disease, Pest Control, and Animal Care Federal Grant Program (CFDA 10.025). The purpose of this agreement is to demonstrate how biosecurity investments can be balanced with sampling requirements to achieve cost-effective and credible claims of disease freedom. The project will systematically integrate known...
The Washington State Department of Agriculture received a $120,000 cooperative agreement award from the United States Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service to provide national identification support for pest identification. Under the award, the Department will process, screen, and identify pests in survey samples from July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2022. This work supports the USDA APHIS' Plant and Animal Disease, Pest Control, and Animal Care federal grant program (CFDA...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) awarded a $174,146 Cooperative Agreement to the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (VDACS) for Animal Disease Traceability activities. The purpose of this agreement is to provide specific information to VDACS, APHIS, and the agriculture industry on animal disease traceability for various commodities. The key activities to be performed include providing and applying animal identification,...