Emergency Response and Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
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Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
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Travelers:
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Pet Travel:
- Take a pet from the United States to another country (export)
- Bring a pet from another country into the United States (import)
- Travel a pet within one U.S. state or territory (interstate)
- USDA-Accredited Veterinarians: Certifying pets for international travel
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Traveling With Food or Agricultural Products:
- Traveling from another country
- Specific guidelines for traveling to/from Hawaii, the U.S. mainland, Alaska, or Guam
- Travel between Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands
- Travel into the United States from Canada at land borders
Trade:
- Imports: Live animal imports, animal product imports, plant and plant product imports, organism and soil imports, regulated garbage
- Exports: Live animal exports, animal product exports, plant and plant product exports
- Trade Management: International Standard Setting
- Agricultural Quarantine and Inspection Program
- Phytosanitary Issues Management
- Plant Health Commodity Trade Manuals
- Smuggling Interdiction and Trade Compliance
User Fees: Animal Health Regionalization and Compartmentalization, Commenting Opportunities
Animals:
- Animal Health: Livestock and poultry disease, laboratory information and services, veterinary biologics
- Emergency Management: SARS-CoV-2, H5N1 Influenza
- Animal Welfare: Horse Protection Act, attending veterinarians
- Wildlife: Requesting wildlife services support, national programs, damage research and operational activities, protected resources.
- Defend the Flock
Plants:
- Plant Health: Plant pests and diseases, federally recognized state managed phytosanitary program, crop biosecurity and emergency management
- Biotechnology: Biotechnology regulatory services, biotechnology regulations, legacy petitions, regulated article letters of inquiry, release permits, BRS meetings.
- Stop Hungry Pests
Funding:
- Funding Opportunities: Open funding opportunities, antimicrobial resistance (AMR) dashboard, chronic wasting disease management and response, highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) poultry innovation grand challenge, national animal disease preparedness and response program, national animal health laboratory network funding opportunities, New World screwworm grand challenge.
- How To Apply for Funding
About APHIS:
- Our Agency: Mission, organization, tribal relations, One Health, leadership
- Program Areas: Animal Care, Biotechnology Regulatory Services, International Services, Plant Protection and Quarantine, Veterinary Services, Wildlife Services