Transcript Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS)

United States Department of Agriculture
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
United States Department of Agriculture
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
USDA
since 1862
United States Department of Agriculture
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
- Agricultural Marketing Service
- Agricultural Research Service
- Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
- Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion
- Economic Research Service
- Farm Service Agency
- Food and Nutrition Service
- Food Safety and Inspection Service
- Foreign Agricultural Service
- Forest Service
- National Agricultural Library
- National Agricultural Statistics Service
- Natural Resources Conservation Service
- Risk Management Agency
- Rural Development
- Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service
- Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration
(AMS)
(ARS)
(APHIS)
(CNPP)
(ERS)
(FSA)
(FNS)
(FSIS)
(FAS)
(FS)
(NAL)
(NASS)
(NRCS)
(RMA)
(RD)
(CSREES)
(GIPSA)
United States Department of Agriculture
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Animal Plant Health
Inspection Service
since 1972
United States Department of Agriculture
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
APHIS
Civil Rights
Animal Care
Enforcement
and Compliance
Staff
Biotechnology
Regulatory
Services
International
Services
Plant Protection
& Quarantine
Veterinary
Services
Wildlife
Services
Legislative &
Public Affairs
MRP Business
Services
Policy and
Program
Development
United States Department of Agriculture
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
United States Department of Agriculture
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
VS
protects and improves the health, quality, and
marketability of our nation's animals, animal products
and veterinary biologics by:
 preventing, controlling and/or eliminating animal diseases
 monitoring and promoting animal health and productivity.
United States Department of Agriculture
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Veterinary
Services
National Center for Animal
Health Emergency Mgmt.
National Veterinary Services
Laboratories (NVSL)
Center for Veterinary Biologics
(CVB)
Centers for Epidemiology &
Animal Health (CEAH)
Western Region
Eastern Region
United States Department of Agriculture
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
United States Department of Agriculture
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
National Veterinary Services
Laboratories (NVSL)
Ames, Iowa
Plum Island, NY
Foreign Animal Disease Diagnostic Lab
FADDL
National Animal Health Laboratory Network
(NAHLN)
United States Department of Agriculture
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
FADDL
oDiagnostic Services
oReagents and Vaccine
Services
oProficiency and Validation
Section
United States Department of Agriculture
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
NVSL and CVB
—together
with the Institute for International
Cooperation in Animal Biologics (IICAB)—
make up the Collaborating Centre for the
Diagnosis of Animal Diseases and Vaccine
Evaluation in the Americas.
United States Department of Agriculture
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
United States Department of Agriculture
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
United States Department of Agriculture
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
United States Department of Agriculture
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
National Animal Health Laboratory Network
NAHLN
In 2002, the Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service (APHIS) and National Institute of Food and
Agriculture (formerly the Cooperative State
Research Education and Extension Service) initiated
the network by entering into cooperative agreements
with 12 State and university veterinary diagnostic
laboratories. These were funded by Homeland
Security appropriations.
United States Department of Agriculture
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
2002
United States Department of Agriculture
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
United States Department of Agriculture
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
United States Department of Agriculture
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
In the event of an animal disease emergency, the NCAHEM role is to:
•Augment state and local resources with critical
veterinary supplies, equipment, and services;
•Provide safety emphasis and leadership;
•Provide national guidance on disease surveillance and
eradication strategy;
•Support the acquisition of resources;
•Resolve administrative, financial, legal, legislative, and
disease control issues; and
Coordinate and disseminate information.
United States Department of Agriculture
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
National Veterinary Stockpile
(NVS)
o Provides within 24 hours the critical veterinary
countermeasures (such as supplies, equipment, field
tests, vaccines, and support services) to ensure
States have the resources to fight catastrophic
animal disease outbreaks that terrorists or nature
may create.
o Helps States plan, train, and exercise before an
event the logistics operations they will need to
manage during an event to receive, store, control,
issue, and deliver the NVS and other resources.
United States Department of Agriculture
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
United States Department of Agriculture
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
National Animal Health Emergency Response Corps
NAHERC
Safeguarding Animal Health, Protecting Our Communities
United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)Animal and
Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS)
United States Department of Agriculture
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Mission and Purpose
Mission
Safeguarding Animal Health, Protecting Our Communities
Purpose
Support responses for animal health incidents and emergencies
that affect livestock and poultry, and to support other animal
health emergency responses, in the event capabilities are
overwhelmed
Provide and sustain a cadre of veterinary medical professionals
who can respond to animal health emergencies, promote Local,
State and Federal preparedness and response capabilities and
restore communities.
NAHERC
United States Department of Agriculture
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
STRENGTH AS
OF DEC2010
42/77
539/789 TOTAL 1328
United States Department of Agriculture
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
United States Department of Agriculture
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
VS TEXAS
222 EMPLOYEES
AREA VETERINARIAN IN-CHARGE & STAFF
FIELD ACTIVITIES
CATTLE TICK FEVER ERADICATION PROGRAM
IMPORT/EXPORT ACTIVITIES
ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT PERSONNEL
United States Department of Agriculture
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Area Veterinarian In-Charge (AVIC)
Dr. Kevin Varner
512/383-2400
United States Department of Agriculture
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Field Activities: 26 employees
Veterinary Medical Officers
Animal Health Technicians
Animal Identification Coordinators
Surveillance Testing
Isolation Inspections
Taxidermy Regulation
Swine Health Inspections
International Trade Facility Inspections
Foreign Animal Disease Investigations
Program Diseases
United States Department of Agriculture
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
United States Department of Agriculture
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Cattle Tick Fever Eradication Program
CFTEP: 115 employees
Tick Riders-Mounted Patrol Inspectors
Vat Specialists
Supervisors
Animal Health Inspectors
Administrative Personnel
Epidemiologists
United States Department of Agriculture
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Permanent Quarantine Line
•The permanent quarantine line
extends approximately 600 miles
along the Rio Grande from the Gulf
of Mexico in the south to Amistad
Reservoir in the north.
The width of the permanent quarantine
line varies from 200 yards wide at
one point to 35 miles wide at another point.
545,480 acres
Total
United States Department of Agriculture
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
United States Department of Agriculture
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Import/Export Activities: 37 employees
Export Office in Austin
Two Major Airports
Six Land Ports
United States Department of Agriculture
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
United States Department of Agriculture
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Administration: 23 employees
Budget & Travel
Cooperative Agreements
USDA Veterinary Accreditation
Information Technology
Supply & Procurement
Training
Support for VS TX Mission
United States Department of Agriculture
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
17 Important Animal Diseases
1. High Pathogenic AI
(F)
2. Foot-and-Mouth
Disease
3. Rift Valley fever (F)
4. Exotic Newcastle
Disease
5. Nipah and Hendra
virus (F)
6. Classical swine fever
7. African swine fever
8. Bovine spongiform
encephalopathy (?)
9. Rinderpest
10. Japanese encephalitis (F)
11. African horse sickness
12. Venezuelan equine (F)
encephalitis
13. Contagious bovine
pleuropneumonia
14. Ehrlichia ruminantium
(Heartwater)
15. Eastern equine
encephalitis (F)
16. Coxiella burnetii (F)
17. Akabane virus
Zoonotic diseases: (F) fatal (?) possible
United States Department of Agriculture
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service