Funding-USDA - Swine
Depopulation Training for USDA Veterinary Services; January 15, 2017
Agency
Department
of Agriculture
Animal
and Plant Health Inspection Service
Description
Veterinary
Services plans to partner with an academic institution or state government to
provide swine depopulation training for select VS personnel. The VS personnel
who would be trained are predominately veterinarians and animal health
technicians who serve as Depopulation Group Supervisors within the Incident
Command Structure (ICS) during incidents requiring depopulation. It is the role
of the Depopulation Group Supervisor to oversee humane depopulation on one or
more premises during an incident and to offer sound scientific advice on
depopulation strategies based on a variety of factors. The training would
include two, three-day training sessions with up to 22 participants per session
and would include a mixture of seminars, discussions, and hands-on demonstrations.
The successful cooperator selected for this opportunity would furnish live
animals that could be sacrificed using the depopulation methods covered in the
training. Both trainings should be delivered no earlier than June 1, 2017 and
no later than September 15, 2017. Priorities for this program include: 1) Train
Veterinary Services employees on the likely depopulation methods of swine that
would be used during a large scale emergency event 2) Provide overviews of the
commercial swine industry, backyard swine farming in the United States,
including regional differences 3) Provide an overview of the role feral hogs
might play during a disease event affecting swine 5) Provide overview regarding
the relationship between depopulation methods and disposal options 6) Develop
decision making tools that could be used to determine which depopulation and
disposal options should be used and when 7) Discuss potential challenges
associated with each depopulation method 8) Demonstrate depopulation methods in
accordance with acceptable animal welfare practices (to include handling of
animals prior to depopulation) Funding will be provided to a Land-Grant
University, Non Land-Grant College of Agriculture, College of Veterinary
Medicine, or state entity that can fulfill the work.
Announcement
Number:
USDA-GRANTS-110916-001
Closing
Date:
Jan
15, 2017
Link
to Full Announcement
http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=290031
Contact
Information
Eileen
Berke
301-851-2856