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The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is an agency of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) based in Riverdale, Maryland responsible for protecting animal health, animal welfare, and plant health. APHIS is the lead agency for collaboration with other agencies to protect U.S. agriculture from invasive pests and ...
The Phytosanitary Certificate Issuance and Tracking (PCIT) system tracks the inspection of agricultural products and certifies compliance with plant health standards of importing countries. This capability provides APHIS/PPQ better security, reporting functions, and monitoring capabilities for exported commodities.
The primary research tenants of the facility are the Agriculture Research Service (USDA-ARS) and Animal Plant Health Inspection Service, Veterinary Services (USDA-APHIS-VS). [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Construction on the 574,000-square-foot (53,300 m 2 ) facility officially began in May 2015, and was scheduled to be completed by May 2021.
It's a thrill to travel abroad -- while you're traveling, that is. Planning the trip, on the other hand, is one big ball of stress -- and that ball gets a whole lot bigger when you're planning to...
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.
The pet passport contains information regarding the animal's microchip, rabies vaccination, rabies titre test results, parasite treatments, a picture of the pet and the animal's veterinary and ownership details. Countries outside of the EU refer to a ‘pet passport’ as all of the valid information required for a pet to travel between countries.
The improper usage of personal protective equipment by researchers and zookeeper staff is the most common method of transmission of COVID-19 from humans to gorillas. Properly using personal protective equipment is one of the best ways to prevent COVID-19 and other transmittable diseases from infecting gorillas in captivity and the wild.
Of 226 countries or territories with foreign travel advice pages, 73 are currently flagged as having no-go zones due to security issues, health risks and legal differences with the UK.