Funding of $1 million supports rapid investigations of unexplained morbidity or mortality events in animals — unexpected deaths or illnesses that could signal emerging threats.
Renaissance BioScience and the Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization address the porcine epidemic diarrheal virus and porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus.
A collaboration between Renaissance BioScience and the Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization targets two diseases, as well as immune system function, in pigs and piglets.
The USDA's National Animal Health Monitoring System and the National Agricultural Statistics Service partner to conduct a national sheep industry study.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service will no longer require the condemnation of poultry carcasses affected with one or more forms of the avian leukosis complex.