This award will support animal disease traceability activities for the state of kansas

This $244,380.00 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 support animal disease traceability activities for the state of Kansas. Key activities to be performed under this award include continuing to provide electronic identification (EID) tags, promoting the use of electronic certificates of veterinary inspection (eCVIs), maintaining traceability data in USAHERDS, and participating in national and state-level traceability exercises. The goal is to increase animal disease traceability capabilities within Kansas through expanded EID tag usage, improved eCVI tracking, and enhanced traceability data management. This award will be active from April 1, 2025 to March 31, 2026 and is being provided to the Kansas Department of Agriculture, a state government agency responsible for agricultural oversight and regulatory compliance within the state.

Activities

Activities to be performed under this award include, continuing to provide EID tags and participate in outreach activities to ensure compliance with the new rule. KDA is continuing to promote electronic cvis through outreach and education activities as well as enhanced data sharing processes between the state, federal entities, and accredited veterinarians. The stat will continue to utilize usaherds to maintain traceability data and will participate in national and state level traceability exercises to ensure the program is working as intended. This award will also support the state in reviewing all tag distribution records maintained by accredited veterinarians, as well as participating in required traces to qualify for the no-cost EID tags. Deliverables and expected outcomes: the goal of this award is to continue to increase animal disease traceability capabilities within the state of kansas. This will be achieved through a continual increase in the animals with official EID tags and associated records and trace exercises required for veterinarian no-cost EID tag eligibility. This award will also result in an increase in ecvi utilization and tracking to further increase the accuracy of animal movements. These goals, along with the ongoing implementation of electronic records, outreach and education, and exercises, will allow the state to perform traceability activities more efficiently and effectively in the event of an animal health emergency. Intended beneficiary(IES): the intended benefactors of this award include the kansas livestock producers, industry stakeholders, and the public, through the kansas department of agriculture. Subrecipient activities, if known or specified at the time of the award: no subrecipient activities are included in this award.