Aphis initiative: HPAI cattle initiative- FY25 high path avian influenza (HPAI) livestock state response activities

The 2024 california department of food and agriculture dairy HPAI emergency cooperative agreement funding will contribute to payment for unexpected costs arising from the disease response to the dairy highly pathogenic avian influenza outbreak in california. These costs included state responder overtime, personnel travel and lodging expenses, personal protection equipment (PPE) and other disposable disease response supplies, and supplies and equipment to respond. Activities performed by california responders include; investigation and quarantine of affected livestock herds rapidly; conduct epidemiological investigations and identify risk factors; enact mitigation and control measures while maintaining biosecurity; disease surveillance in areas surrounding affected premises; conduct biosecurity audits on all affected premises ; approval of permits for movement of feed, supplies and products into or out of affected livestock premises; monitor testing and compliance; educate producers and livestock owners; data entry and incident document management; tulare lab hub start-up; contracting with creameries for sample collection; and coordination with state, federal, and industry partners.cooperator activities will facilitate a timely return to normal dairy production/ trade within the state and with other state trading partners to the extent possible under the circumstances; encourages and monitors robust biosecurity of production facilities to minimize further transmission of HPAI; facilitates return to production by affected premises at the earliest possible opportunity; maintains outreach and education to stakeholders and consumers; and maintains HPAI surveillance and investigation of suspicious sick livestock calls to allow earliest detection should HPAI RE-emerge or be RE-introduced.