The purpose of the umbrella agreement is to support surveillance and response for avian, cattle, sheep/goat/cervid, and swine

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) provides $302,007 to the State of West Virginia Department of Agriculture (WVDA) for the period of April 1, 2025 to March 31, 2026.

The purpose of the award is to support surveillance and response activities for avian, cattle, sheep/goat/cervid, and swine diseases. Key activities include monitoring and testing for avian influenza and mycoplasma in commercial and backyard poultry flocks, as well as monitoring and responding to tuberculosis, brucellosis, and bovine spongiform encephalopathy in cattle. The award also funds the development of zoonotic disease response plans and outreach/education for sheep, goat, and cervid producers. The expected deliverables include laboratory reports, sign-in sheets and agendas for outreach events, and the development and exercise of a One Health plan.

Activities

The purpose of the avian portion of this agreement is to provide monitoring and surveillance testing for avian influenza and mycoplasma in commercial and backyard flocks to encourage healthy poultry and prevent spread of disease. Outreach events, trainings, and travel to the npip conference, usaha, and saha are also supported through this funding. The purpose of the cattle portion is to monitor, sample and respond to tuberculosis & brucellosis, and BSE. Reporting of disease, developing relationships with slaughter facilities, and developing robust response plans also are supported. The purpose of the one health portion and funding is to build relationships with public health and associated agencies, encourage ZO onotic disease diagnosis and reporting amongst human, animal, and pest, and develop response plans for zoonotic disease incursions. The purpose of the sheep/goat/cervid/equine portion is utilized to complete scrapie surveillance and disease response in the event of a detection, and outreach and education for sheep/goat/cervid producers. Swine is not funded in the financial plan. Deliverables and expected outcomes: for the avian portion, the resulting laboratory reports from avian testing will verify surveillance activities are ongoing. The cattle portion, the manager will supply sign in sheets and agendas for events where outreach occurs. The one health portion will develop and exercise a one health plan and agendas from participation in outreach activities. The sheep/goat/cervid/equine will provide lab reports of sampled sheep/goats and documentation of outreach in the state. Intended beneficiary(IES): the agriculture industry in WV and the citizens & producers in WV will benefit from all of these OB jectives. The work wvda animal health over the decades has resulted in west virginia having disease-free status for many troublesome poultry and livestock diseases. This benefits the nation in development of disease free status and surveillance. Subrecipient activities, if known or specified at the time of award: will the award result in subawards? No