Cooperative Agreement SCB60009CA016

This $167,717 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) aims to enhance veterinary services and training to support the aquaculture industry in the Pacific Islands region. The key products and services to be delivered under this 2-year award include: Establishing a supported training program for veterinarians in Hawaii to receive...

This federal 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 $146,577.00 to Texas A&M Agrilife Research to develop and deliver two one-week training courses for state animal health officials (SAHOs/state veterinarians). The goal is to enhance the emergency management competencies of SAHOs and increase readiness of the U.S....

This Cooperative Agreement award from the United States 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 $299,744 to Iowa State University to develop and evaluate extended reality (XR) training modules for captive bolt euthanasia of cattle and swine. The project aims to create a scalable, affordable, and competency-based training solution to support APHIS's national...

The purpose of this $127,240 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) is to conduct outreach and education for county emergency management agencies on state animal disease response plans. The key activities include: Delivering presentations at multiple regional emergency management meetings and the annual state emergency...

This $344,942 Cooperative Agreement awarded by 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 the development and field testing of "Prepare2Respond" online train-the-trainer learning modules for tabletop exercises focused on animal disease outbreak response. The project, led by Washington State University, aims to build a nationally available...

This $389,782 Cooperative Agreement award from the United States 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), aims to develop highly specific and validated TaqMan assays for the simultaneous detection of two critical shrimp diseases: Hepatopancreatic Microsporidiosis (HPM) caused by Enterocytozoon hepatopenaei (EHP) and Acute Hepatopancreatic Necrosis Disease (AHPND) caused...

The $152,393 Cooperative Agreement awarded by 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 Federal Grant Program (CFDA 10.025) aims to strengthen state and regional capacity for preparedness and response to livestock disease outbreaks. The funding supports a 3-day training course for state animal agricultural responders from Maryland, Delaware, Virginia, West Virginia, and Pennsylvania....

This cooperative agreement from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service will provide $235,488 to Washington State University from September 1, 2023 through August 31, 2025. Under the Plant and Animal Disease, Pest Control, and Animal Care federal grant program, WSU will compile diagnostic outcomes from the Washington Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory's small ruminant cases over the past 10 years. WSU will then develop interactive webinars, conference...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary The University of California, Davis received a $513,158 Cooperative Agreement from the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) under the Plant and Animal Disease, Pest Control, and Animal Care program (CFDA 10.025), awarded November 1, 2025, with completion targeted for October 31, 2027. UC Davis will develop and deliver a comprehensive, free online biosecurity education curriculum specifically designed for dairy workers and associated industry...

Summary The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) awarded the Regents of the University of Minnesota a Cooperative Agreement valued at $810,568 under the Plant and Animal Disease, Pest Control, and Animal Care program (CFDA 10.025), effective February 2, 2026, through February 1, 2029. The primary deliverable is development and efficacy assessment of a novel lactococcal-phage vaccine designed to protect poultry from highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 Clade 2.3.4.4b. The...