Fact Sheet FS1335
This is part II of a three-part series on food and fiber animal veterinary care: E371, Livestock and Poultry Veterinary Care Services Series, Part I: What Kind of Vet Do I Need? How Do I Find One? and FS1336, Livestock and Poultry Veterinary Care Services Series, Part III: State Resources.
Figure 1. USDA APHIS Veterinary Services Logo.
- National Veterinary Accreditation Program (NVAP)
United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS). "NVAP is a USDA program where licensed veterinarians can choose to take additional training to become an NVAP accredited veterinarian. NVAP accredited vets are authorized to certify the health status of livestock and other animals." - National Notifiable Diseases and Conditions
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service U.S. Department of Agriculture. "An accredited veterinarian shall immediately report to both the Assistant District Director (AD) and the State Animal Health Official all diagnosed or suspected cases of a communicable animal disease…." - Interstate Regulations. Reference guide. Interstate Movement of Cattle, Horses, Swine, Sheep and Goats
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service. U.S. Department of Agriculture. "Interstate regulations provide for quarantine, restriction of movement, maintenance of sanitation, and identification of animals to prevent the spread of animal disease." - International Animal Movement
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service. U.S. Department of Agriculture. "International animal movement from the United States to a foreign country involves a partnership between a clinical veterinarian and USDA APHIS Veterinarian Services." - National List of Reportable Animal Diseases (NLRAD) System Standards—Proposed (PDF)
26 pages. Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service U.S. Department of Agriculture. March 2020. - Find Accredited Veterinarians. National Veterinary Accreditation Program. Veterinary Services Process Streamlining
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service. U.S. Department of Agriculture. "Category I Veterinarians: Authorized to provide accredited services for all animals EXCEPT: food and fiber species, horses, birds, farm-raised aquatic animals, all other livestock species, honey bees, and zoo animals that can transmit exotic animal diseases to livestock…Category II Veterinarians: Authorized to provide accredited services for ALL ANIMALS." - Animal & Veterinary. Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) Center for Veterinary Medicine
"Protecting human and animal health. U.S. Food and Drug Administration. For Industry. Small businesses, animal drugs, animal food, animal devices, animal vaccines, letters to Industry, research." - Chapter 48—Humane Methods of Livestock Slaughter. 7 U.S.C. (PDF)
United States Code, 2015 Edition. Title 7 - AGRICULTURE - Humane Handling Enforcement. Food Safety and Inspection Service
U. S. Department of Agriculture. "Listed below (by date of publication and establishment) are official enforcement actions FSIS has taken against establishments that have been found in violation of the Humane Methods of Slaughter Act."
September 2021
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