But at least one agency, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), is already scrambling to fill some of those newly vacant roles, according to ...

None of the humans said they had close contact with either deer or the zoo. APHIS researchers have been studying whether white-tailed deer, among several American wildlife species, could ...

USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has taken another step toward limiting the impact of an outbreak of foreign animal diseases by amending and strengthening its animal ...

The United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has temporarily paused Mexican cattle imports to the U.S. over fears of screwworm infections.

Since 2020, APHIS, in cooperation with industry, has piloted the U.S. Swine Health Improvement Plan, aimed at certifying participating sites as monitored for African swine fever and classical ...

Mike Stepien, APHIS spokesperson, told Agri-Pulse that APHIS has purchased kits to bank in the event of an outbreak of FMD or ASF in the U.S. for the purchase price of $519,250. APHIS is also ...

Earlier, NPR reported that just a day after employees of USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) had left their jobs through the deferred resignation program, human resources ...

APHIS is also taking public comment on the delay. On Jan. 24, APHIS announced it was postponing the effective date of the rule for 60 days from Feb. 1 to April 2, with the exception of the ...