This cooperative agreement is a cooperative relationship between the oklahoma department of agriculture, food, and forestry (the recipient) and the united states department of agriculture (USDA),…

The U.S. Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service awarded the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry a $362,276 cooperative agreement on April 1, 2026, under the Plant and Animal Disease, Pest Control, and Animal Care program (CFDA 10.025) to conduct animal health surveillance and disease response activities through March 31, 2027.

The recipient will conduct national surveillance and response for endemic, emerging, re-emerging, zoonotic, and foreign diseases affecting Oklahoma livestock and poultry. For cattle, the agreement funds bovine spongiform encephalopathy sampling aligned with the national BSE sampling plan across three OIE surveillance streams, and tuberculosis surveillance targeting approximately 6,400 tests annually. For poultry, the recipient will perform approximately 579 tests and 150 necropsies for avian influenza in Oklahoma flocks and flocks attending fairs and shows. Scrapie surveillance will meet or exceed state-of-origin sampling minimums of 163 sheep and 211 goats, with support for other states' surveillance efforts. The recipient will also conduct baseline swine surveillance activities for African swine fever, classical swine fever, pseudorabies virus, and swine hepatitis E virus. These activities support protection of Oklahoma's approximately 1.9 million cattle, 450,000 breeding swine, and substantial poultry industry.

Place of performance is Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The assistance type is a cooperative agreement reflecting mutual roles and shared responsibilities between the recipient and APHIS Veterinary Services.

This cooperative agreement is a cooperative relationship between the oklahoma department of agriculture, food, and forestry (the recipient) and the united states department of agriculture (USDA), animal and plant health inspection service (aphis), veterinary services (VS). IT is mission-related goals, objectives, and anticipated objectives as well as the approach for conducting national surveillance and response for animal health activities and the related roles and responsibilities of the parties (e.g. mutual roles, VS role(s), and recipient role) as negotiated. IT will meet the needs for surveillance, preparedness, response, and outreach necessary to protect american agriculture and accomplish VS mission goals. This cooperative agreement will investigate, control and eliminate (when appropriate) emerging, RE-emerging, endemic, zoonotic and foreign diseases that impact animal agriculture. Oklahoma has approximately 1.9 million cattle, 450,000 breeding swine, as well as a substantial poultry industry. This cooperative agreement will allow the continuation of surveillance and response activities to ensure animal agriculture is protected. For cattle, this agreement will assist in achieving state-level goals defined in the BSE national sampling plan. Collections should represent the three major OIE BSE surveillance streams. Ensure TB surveillance continues at an appropriate rate reaching approximately 6,400 tests yearly and documenting those results. For poultry, approximately 579 tests and 150 necropsies for avian influenza will be conducted in oklahoma flocks, and from flocks attending fairs and shows. Surveillance will be conducted to meet or exceed the state-of-origin based scrapie surveillance annual sampling minimums of 163 sheep and 211 goats, and assist other states in meeting theirs. Ensure to perform and report upon baseline swine surveillance activities as enumerated in the baseline cooperative guidance document - ASF and CSF, PRV-SB, and shpa, reporting data in appropriate VS-assigned databases and/or forms as specified. The goal is to collect 500 PRV-SB samples. Develop one health partnerships within the state using methods to promote additional communication and collaboration. Provide education to state, tribal, and federal veterinary medical officers (vmos), animal health technicians (ahts), animal identification coordinators (aics), and other appropriate animal health officials to assure full understanding of all animal disease surveillance plans and associated program activities, including conducting quality epidemiologic investigations. Conduct outreach and education with accredited veterinarians and producers to encourage sample submissions in support of national surveillance goals and sample collection targets. Conduct epidemiologic investigations in accordance with animal health program regulations and program standards including disease response activities such as cleanup, trace back investigations, post exposure monitoring, testing, and disposal of high risk animals/herds, as appropriate. The deliverables and expected outcomes of this cooperative agreement are complete data entry in EMRS2, usaherds, nvsl lims, vsls, nahrs/nlrad. Develop and maintain cross-sector communication protocols between one health partners (human, animal, wildlife, and environmental health and other state and local agencies as appropriate) regarding human cases of zoonotic disease and confirmed or suspected cases of zoonotic disease in animals, including livestock and wildlife. Prepare, maintain, and exercise state-level plans, standard operating procedures, response templates, and guidance documents for responding to endemic, foreign, zoonotic, and emerging disease or RE-emerging disease events impacting animal agriculture. Complete active and passive surveillance by performing 579 tests and 150 necropsies for avian influenza. Meet scrapie surveillance annual sampling minimums of 163 sheep and 211 goats. Collect 500 PRV-SB samples. Ensure accredited veterinarians are completing TB surveillance of 6,400 tests per year. Attend all local, state, regional and national meetings to discuss safeguarding animal health with stakeholders. Inspect all livestock markets at minimum quarterly and ensure animals are identified correctly. Educate stakeholders on foreign animal disease (FAD) clinical signs and encourage prompt reporting of sick cattle, swine, poultry and other livestock animals to officials for investigation. The intended beneficiaries for this cooperative agreement are the oklahoma department of agriculture, food, and forestry; oklahoma livestock producers including 39,300 cattle herds, the 1,100 herds producing over 450,000 swine, and the poultry industry. 67 livestock markets will be benefited as well as the public by having a safe and healthy livestock population to produce our food. There are no subrecipients.