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USDA Signs Three International Agreements Supporting Animal Health and Global Trade

June 27, 2016 Donna Karlsons, APHIS Public Affairs Specialist

International trade is a key factor in the economic and financial stability of many countries. Trade restrictions resulting from an animal disease outbreak can have devastating economic effects. With this in mind, USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service signed three international...

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USDA and DHS Scientists Receive Top DHS Award for Animal Disease Research

December 02, 2014 Sandra Avant, Agricultural Research Service Information Staff

This post is part of the Science Tuesday feature series on the USDA blog. Check back each week as we showcase stories and news from USDA’s rich science and research portfolio. When people think about keeping our homeland safe, they don’t usually think about animal diseases that threaten our nation’s...

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Preventing Disease Spread through International Collaboration

June 04, 2014 Jessica Mahalingappa, APHIS, International Services

Two departments, one mission. That’s the reality for scientists working at Plum Island Foreign Animal Disease Laboratory in New York. The island—owned and operated by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)—is critical to the USDA, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service’s (APHIS) mission to...

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USDA's National Centers for Animal Health Makes an Impact on Agriculture

March 07, 2014 Ed Avalos, USDA Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs

In February, I had the opportunity to visit USDA’s National Centers for Animal Health in Ames, Iowa. This campus hosts employees from both APHIS and ARS, who work together with tremendous collaboration. ARS employees conduct research on diseases of economic importance to the U.S. livestock and...

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