USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has taken another step toward limiting the impact of an outbreak of foreign animal diseases by amending and strengthening its animal ...

The USDA-APHIS program aims to protect the health, welfare, and value of our nation's plants animals and natural resources. Money from the program is allocated through the eight districts evenly and ...

In April, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) announced the final rule that amends and strengthens its animal disease traceability ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) will provide three ... they need are additional costs from USDA mandates.” As the lead Republican ...

USDA published a proposed rule which would amend ... Some changes have been made to a prior APHIS plan, including now the agency using the term EID tags instead of radio frequency identification ...

The addition allows USDA-APHIS to screen, train ... Their site www.westernjustice.info has an online petition to sign for those interested. Gaited horses like the Tennessee Walking horse ...

Based on evidence that strong biosecurity measures remain the most effective strategy to combat HPAI, APHIS will now require that farmers undergo a biosecurity audit before restocking their ...

These fly larvae infest warm-blooded animals, including humans, causing severe infections. USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has heightened import restrictions on animal ...

National Milk Testing Strategy As part of the National Milk Testing Strategy, USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) will work with each state in the contiguous United States to ...

Poultry producers who have had previous bird flu outbreaks would have to pass a biosecurity audit to receive future USDA ...