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1 Chris Craig, DVM Veterinary Medical Officer USDA APHIS VS Kentucky
APHIS: Current Issues Chris Craig, DVM Veterinary Medical Officer USDA APHIS VS Kentucky

2 What Is Veterinary Services?
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, and monitoring and promoting animal health and productivity.

3 APHIS Responds Incidents that involve multiple states or has international implications, but also…. Useful resources for local incidents or projects

4 Why the Concern for FAD’s
Domestic Trade Foreign Trade Public Health Prevent Animal Suffering

5 World Market Share of Major Beef Exporters

6 Why the Concern for FAD’s
Domestic Trade Foreign Trade Public Health Prevent Animal Suffering

7 Prevent Animal Suffering

8 Prevent Animal Suffering

9 Animal Movement Growing Steadily
Local and intrastate Interstate International

10 Materials and Methods Credible Surveillance Programs
Effective Eradication Programs Prompt Emergency Response Balanced Regulatory Measures Communication/ Alliances

11 Credible Surveillance Programs
Proof of disease freedom Transparency Integrity Accreditation program Capable and trained work force

12 Effective Eradication Programs
Evaluate economic impact on nation and industry Balanced cost-benefit analysis Can’t eradicate all diseases Expensive Realistic Regulated disease

13 Prompt Emergency Response
Preparation/ organization Training Plan for invoking a response

14 Resources for a Community Level Response

15 Resources for Community Level Assistance
Time Follow through via FAD investigations Equipment Sampling Shipping PPE Disinfection PIADC, NVSL

16 Resources for Community Level Assistance
Knowledge-network Specialists of many fields Varying backgrounds Personnel Animal Health Technicians Veterinary Medical Officers

17 Personnel Resources Across Kentucky

18 Current Issues TSE’s Tuberculosis HP Avian Influenza
Scrapie Eradication Program CWD BSE Surveillance Program Tuberculosis HP Avian Influenza

19 Current Issues Vesicular Stomatitis Camouflaged Disease
Mycoplasma sp. Pneumonia Hog Cholera National Animal Identification System Health Certificates

20 Who Do I Call??? KDA Division of Animal Health
Dr. Robert Stout, State Veterinarian APHIS Veterinary Services Dr. Barbara Bischoff, AVIC

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