This federal Cooperative Agreement award, funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) under the Plant and Animal Disease, Pest Control, and Animal Care Program (CFDA 10.025), will provide $5,207,332.08 to the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) to support its response to a highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) outbreak in the state's dairy industry. The funding will cover the costs of state responder overtime, personnel...
This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) under the Plant and Animal Disease, Pest Control, and Animal Care program (CFDA 10.025) will provide $315,000 to the University of California, Davis to conduct a quality assurance program for game fowl breeders. The key activities include creating, documenting, and expanding a game fowl assurance program; contacting and recruiting game fowl breeders; providing training...
This $316,544.47 Cooperative Agreement, awarded on January 3, 2025 by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) under the Plant and Animal Disease, Pest Control, and Animal Care program (CFDA 10.025), will fund the Indiana State Board of Animal Health's response to the highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) outbreak in the state that began in January 2025. Key activities to be performed under this agreement include issuance of quarantines,...
The Project Grant award of $999,374.00 was provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (CFDA 10.310) program. The funding will support a comprehensive evaluation of the relationships between on-farm and off-farm risk factors for Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) outbreaks in over 9,000 commercial poultry facilities across 30 states. The project will develop an agent-based model to...
The University of California, Davis (UC Davis) was awarded a $350,000 Cooperative Agreement from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) under the Plant and Animal Disease, Pest Control, and Animal Care program (CFDA 10.025). The purpose of the award is to conduct a quality assurance program for game fowl breeders in California to protect the region from the Newcastle disease virus. Key activities include creating, documenting, and expanding a game...
This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) under the Plant and Animal Disease, Pest Control, and Animal Care Federal Grant Program (CFDA 10.025) provides $1,197,033 to the California Department of Food & Agriculture (CDFA) to deliver comprehensive surveillance, inspection, diagnostic, education and outreach services to prevent foreign animal diseases and zoonotic diseases that threaten U.S. agriculture and...
This $345,786 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (USDA APHIS) under the Plant and Animal Disease, Pest Control, and Animal Care grant program (CFDA 10.025) will support the Minnesota Board of Animal Health's response to the 2024 highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) outbreak in the state's dairy industry. The key activities to be performed include rapidly investigating and quarantining affected livestock herds,...
This Cooperative Agreement was awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) under the Plant and Animal Disease, Pest Control, and Animal Care Federal Grant Program (CFDA 10.025). The $456,282 award will fund the development and testing of a quantitative methodology to evaluate the effectiveness of line-of-separation biosecurity protocols in preventing exposure of poultry flocks to pathogens like highly pathogenic avian influenza virus. The...
This $574,608 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) under the Plant and Animal Disease, Pest Control, and Animal Care Program (CFDA 10.025) aims to develop educational training modalities and tools to strengthen the resilience of small flock poultry owners in Colorado, Wyoming, and New Mexico, including tribal communities. The key activities include: Identifying small flock owners' needs, conducting needs assessments, and developing tailored...
The University of California, Davis received a $397,409 cooperative agreement award from the United States Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service under the Plant and Animal Disease, Pest Control, and Animal Care federal grant program (CFDA 10.025). The award's purpose was to improve biosecurity and reduce disease spread in small-scale and backyard livestock and poultry premises through capacity building using a train-the-trainer approach. Washington State University...