Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary

The Indiana State Board of Animal Health received a Cooperative Agreement award of $132,867 from the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) under the Plant and Animal Disease, Pest Control, and Animal Care program (CFDA 10.025) for the period April 1, 2026 through March 31, 2027. This award supports the continuation and enhancement of animal disease traceability infrastructure and activities critical to protecting United States agriculture. The Board will maintain operational systems including USAHerds and SCS Core One databases, administer official animal identification programs, provide data access to support disease response efforts, and conduct outreach to producers and veterinarians to promote traceability technologies. Key deliverables include conducting trace performance measure exercises, managing electronic records for searchability of animal disease traceability data, enforcing traceability regulations, and distributing approximately 49,000 electronic identification tags for sheep, goats, and cervids.

The Board will also track and report quarterly on animal identification metrics, including identification tags shipped, movement data, premise identification numbers associated with disease testing (particularly for chronic wasting disease and bovine caudal fold testing), and the number of accredited veterinarians trained on the Veterinary Certificate of Veterinary Inspection application. These activities are essential for maintaining disease surveillance, preparedness, and response capabilities necessary to prevent the spread of animal disease and protect agricultural economic interests across the nation.