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What is the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) doing to protect the United States from foot-and-mouth disease?

April 26, 2017Agriculture Department disease doing foot-and-mouth protect united states usda

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What is the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) doing to protect the United States from foot-and-mouth disease?

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USDA vigilantly and continuously monitors for FMD worldwide. Whenever FMD outbreaks occur, USDA initiates regulatory action to prohibit the importation of live ruminants and swine and many animal products from FMD-affected countries. For more information on this topic, see the APHIS fact sheet “Protecting America from Foot and Mouth Disease and other High-Consequence Livestock Diseases,” online at: http://www.aphis.usda.gov/publications/animal_health/content/printable_version/fs_fmd_con_07.pdf.