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APHIS is the lead agency for collaboration with other agencies to protect U.S. agriculture from invasive pests and diseases. APHIS's PPQ is the National Plant Protection Organization for the U.S., [8] and the agency's head of veterinary services/veterinary Deputy Administrator is the Chief Veterinary Officer of the United States. [5]
The National Veterinary Services Laboratories (NVSL) provides laboratory services for the US Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS). It operates from Ames, Iowa and Plum Island Animal Disease Center at Plum Island (New York). The NVSL provides a wide variety of information and services, centered on ...
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service provides APHIS Veterinary Services, which serve the tribal community by promoting and fostering safe animal trade and care. This includes prevention of pests and disease from herd and fisheries as well as surveys for diseases on or near Native American lands that can affect traditionally hunted ...
Logo of United States Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service's Veterinary Services, all a part of the Department of Agriculture. Source: Converted from EPS version found on an archived logo page (direct EPS URL ). The current website has the same graphic on the logo page, though it is in a .sit archive file. Author: U.S. Department of ...
Former Under Secretary Jennifer Moffitt. The Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs is a high-ranking position within the United States Department of Agriculture that supervises policy development and day-to-day operations of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, the Agricultural Marketing Service, and the Grain Inspection, Packers, and Stockyards Administration.
The concept of the NAHLN reconfigures animal health diagnostic services in the United States by positioning National Veterinary Services Laboratory as the lead U.S. animal health laboratory and allowing select laboratories operated by state and university officials to cooperate in foreign animal disease surveillance and related services.
Veterinary biologics are regulated by the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), which licenses the facilities that produce them and conducts a program to ensure that animal vaccines and other veterinary biologics are safe, pure, potent, and effective.
Since 1985 he has been with APHIS, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service of the United States Department of Agriculture, [1] where he held various positions including USDA Chief Veterinary Officer. [2] [3] Clifford received DVM and BS degrees in animal science from the University of Missouri and before joining APHIS he was a private ...