National Animal Disease Preparedness and Response Program (NADPRP) FY 2021 Proj

In Fiscal Year 2021, APHIS provided $9.3 million for 46 projects focused on (1) improving capabilities and capacity for rapid and la

and/or carcass disposal during a high‐consequence animal disease outbreak response, or (2) enhancing U.S. livestock biosecurity.

Title Recipient Amount Summary Advancing On‐Farm every day and

Enhanced Biosecurity with U.S. Dairy

Farmers Through the National Dairy

FARM Program

National MilkProducers Federation

$488,603 The National Milk Producer Federation (NMP

and understanding of on‐farm biosecurity st

Secure Milk Supply (SMS) plans through edu

verification. They will also conduct an exerci

implementation of the SMS plan at the farm 

disease outbreak.

Develop and Deliver National

Education Resources for Practical

Implementation of Large‐Scale SwineDepopulation Methods

American Associationof Swine Veterinarians

$86,752 The American Association of Swine Veterina

information from the swine industry's recent depopulation due to COVID‐19 market disru

useful new resources for swine veterinarians 

capabilities and capacities for responding to 

project will deliver specific recommendation

farm depopulation, decision‐ making tools, ekeeping forms, and training and debriefing to

farmers manage depopulation events.

Arkansas‐Based Mission Ready

Depopulation and Carcass DisposalPackage and Team

Arkansas Departmentof Agriculture,Livestock and Poultry

Division

$133,811 Arkansas Department of Agriculture will asse

enhance the State's carcass disposal capabili

livestock. They will build develop CO2 and el

and train emergency responders on the hum

Capacity Building Using Train‐the‐

Trainer Approach to Improve

Biosecurity and Reduce Disease

Spread in Small‐scale and Backyard

Livestock and Poultry Premises

University of California,Davis

$397,409 University of California, Davis will address kn

prevention management gaps in veterinary s

scale farms and high‐risk alternative agricult

urban areas, in CA, OR, WA, and CO by improbiosecurity information. The project includes developing educational tools, and building ca

trainer tools and resources on biosecurity.

California Secure Food Supply

Program Expansion

California Departmentof Food and Agriculture

$348,531 California Department of Food and Agricultu

Secure Food Supply (SFS) Program by provid

biosecurity in multiple animal agricultural sethe recent virulent Newcastle Disease respo
Title Recipient Amount Summary 

be developed that address daily and enhancthe CA SFS Program requirements for high‐ri

Animal Health Branch Districts in California.

Enhancement of Large‐Scale AnimalDepopulation and DisposalCapabilities in Georgia

Georgia Department ofAgriculture

$365,181 Georgia Department of Agriculture will acqu

to enhance capacity to manage large‐scale a

carcass disposal. Project includes training a n

focus on safety, partnerships, engaging prod

contacts, assets, and communication capabi

disease response.

Statewide Livestock Biosecurity

Enhancement for Georgia

Georgia Department ofAgriculture

$208,214 Georgia Department of Agriculture proposes 

Georgia livestock producers to identify biose

yield broad industry buy‐in; they will develop 

biosecurity communication strategy using th

Assessing and Improving Biosecurity

Knowledge and Practices AmongIllinois Swine and Beef CattleProducers and Veterinarians

University of Illinois $422,861 University of Illinois will strengthen biosecur

practices on Illinois farms by identifying know

swine producers and veterinarians, then devfocused online education and training for themotivating producers and veterinarians to de

effective, sustainable, practical, and cost‐eff

biosecurity plans and incorporating protocol

decontamination, depopulation, and carcass 

biosecurity plans.

Old Hog, New Tricks: IncreasingIndiana’s Capacity for Timely and

Humane Mass Euthanasia of Swine

Indiana Board ofAnimal Health

$331,710 Indiana Board of Animal Health will improve 

consequence animal disease outbreaks throu

development of a deployable euthanasia sys

determine best practices for use of this equiprocedures, and public, private, and academ

responders from Indiana and other States.

Exploring Heat Treatment for SwineFacilities to Conduct Virus Elimination

and Increase Mass Carcass DisposalOptions

Iowa State University $194,248 Iowa State University will provide a new tech

options for practical management of carcass

response events. Investigators will develop a

treatment to inactivate virus in swine carcas

eliminating the virus before moving carcasse

technique may impact national policies and carcass disposal.
Title Recipient Amount Summary 

Biosecurity Courses for VeterinaryAudiences to IncreaseImplementation of Practical

Measures to Protect Animal Health

Iowa State University,Center for FoodSecurity and PublicHealth

$393,097 Iowa State University’s Center for Food Secu

develop and deliver free, nationally available 

veterinary students, veterinary technicians/s

veterinarians. The content will be applicable 

and programs and comprehensively cover prpractical application of biosecurity on farm a

incorporates multiple approaches to maximi

educational content.

Daily Biosecurity and Organic/Non‐

Conventional Livestock Production:

Increasing Awareness of Producers

and the Animal Health Partners WhoServe Them

Iowa State University,Center for FoodSecurity and PublicHealth

$276,820 Iowa State University’s Center for Food Secu

address biosecurity needs of organic and no

producers by assessing their current knowle

across all species and then developing tools 

biosecurity on these farms. Outreach and ed

train veterinarians and allied animal health pbiosecurity principles of O/NC producers.

Livestock Biosecurity Planning Toolkit

for Fairs and Exhibitions

Kansas State University $199,340 Kansas State University will create a biosecu

livestock fairs and exhibition event organizer

management officials, and animal owners de

and safety of animals at fairs and exhibition 

leverage existing information, address know

information to this unique audience.

Biosecurity for cattle operations:Quantitative Risk Estimation of FMDtransmission following cattlemovements during an outbreak

Kansas State University $166,810 Kansas State University will support continui

Supply plans by estimating risk associated w

premises in control areas during a disease ou

animal movement decisions and policies tha

business for cattle operations in control area

and USDA APHIS efforts to minimize spread 

Building Capacity of LivestockCompost Subject Matter Experts

Kansas Department ofAgriculture

$119,443 Kansas Department of Agriculture and indus

current critical need to build a team of livestexperts. This capacity‐building will enhance r

large‐scale animal disposal challenges in an a

environmentally safe manner.

Strengthening Kentucky’s EmergencyPreparedness and Livestock andPoultry Biosecurity

Kentucky Departmentof Agriculture

$236,017 Kentucky Department of Agriculture will add

gaps identified in the 2018 Agriculture Respo

Resources (ARMAR) functional exercise by d

incident management team; assessing curre
Title Recipient Amount Summary 

beef, swine, and poultry industries; developi

secure food supply biosecurity plans in these 

exercising industry partners on biosecurity; abiosecurity and emergency preparedness ou

focusing on HPAI, FMD, and ASF.

Closing the Loop: Is Land Application

of Carcass Compost Safe andProductive for Cropping Systems in

Northern Climates?

University ofMinnesota

$182,884 University of Minnesota investigators will ad

appropriate use of composted materials from 

develop and evaluate guidelines for effective resource, address contaminant concerns, an

outreach materials on this topic for produceofficials, and emergency management perso

Adapting High Expansion Foam forUse in American Systems for MassDepopulation and On‐Farm Culling

University ofMinnesota

$500,469 University of Minnesota will evaluate use of 

on swine, turkey, and dairy farms for use as euthanasia and for mass depopulation and d

education to promote this technology. This a

countries and is considered safe, easy to useenhance U.S. capacities for large‐scale and ra

FAD outbreak.

Managing Terminal and Transfer

Animal Movement from FAD‐

Vaccinated Populations in a Disease

Emergency

University ofMinnesota

$237,304 Although vaccination is part of U.S. response 

consequence diseases, movement of vaccina

situation may be restricted and present cont

To address this, University of Minnesota will 

movement of HPAI‐infected turkeys. Results 

movement decisions and continuity of busin

support vaccination use as a control strategy 

The Utilization of Livetec SystemsNitrogen Foam Delivery System forthe Rapid, Large‐ scale Depopulation

of Swine

Minnesota Departmentof Agriculture

$454,991 Minnesota Department of Agriculture will ev

foam delivery system for use in large‐scale sw

disease emergency response events. This tec

challenges currently associated with large‐sc

is a humane and ethical method approved in 

accepted by AVMA. Successful validation of t

more accessible depopulation methods for u

emergency response.

Knowledge, Attitude and PracticesRegarding Implementation of

University ofMinnesota

$184,305 University of Minnesota will assess producer 

biosecurity implementation and identify are

identify new, practical ways to improve swin
Title Recipient Amount Summary 

Enhanced Biosecurity Measures

Among MN Swine Producers

of biosecurity practices that are critical to su

secure pork supply plans.

Strengthening Biosecurity of

Livestock Operations through

Integrated Field Training

Mississippi Board ofAnimal Health

$51,121 Mississippi Board of Animal Health and Miss

of Veterinary Medicine will collaborate to tra

producers, and youth livestock exhibitors in 

Content and delivery will be customized to d

information to different audiences.

Enhancing the Capacity andCapability of Preventing andResponding to Depopulation and

Disposal Events

Mississippi Board ofAnimal Health

$99,337 Mississippi Board of Animal Health will impro

preventing and responding to livestock disea

enhancements in decontamination, depopul

project will build capacity in animal disease p

recovery activities by reducing the risk of dis

Federal dependency for immediate response and improving Mississippi's access and abilit

needed during disease response.

Missouri Agriculture DiseasePreparedness & Response CapabilityBuilding

Missouri Departmentof Agriculture

$84,150 The Missouri Department of Agriculture will 

communications to increase readiness of Mi

respond to high‐ consequence animal diseas

addresses deficiencies identified in recent re

develop, distribute, and deliver educational biosecurity and secure food supply plans.

Missouri Department of Agriculture

Progressive Depopulation andDisposal Training and Exercise Project

Missouri Departmentof Agriculture

$306,339 Missouri Department of Agriculture will use 

address known gaps and develop capabilities 

depopulation and carcass disposal in animal 

events. The project will train State experts th

consultation with experts, and participation 

other States. the team will also conduct a fu

strengthen the State’s preparedness and res

Enhancing On‐Farm Biosecurity

Education and Collaboration

University of Missouri $158,106 University of Missouri Extension will develop 

for biosecurity and emergency management 

on‐farm mortality composting. Project includ

to educate and motivate producers to impro

expands on successful work developed by UM 

of Agriculture and Department of Resources

Natural Resource Conservation Service.
Title Recipient Amount Summary 

Biosecurity Education for Montana’sCattle Industry

Montana Departmentof Livestock

$29,540 Montana Department of Agriculture will dev

education and outreach to increase biosecur

practices in Montana's cattle industry.

Nebraska Euthanasia Plan andResource Acquisition for Swine, Small

ruminants, and Poultry

Nebraska Departmentof Agriculture

$200,000 Nebraska Department of Agriculture will add

improve capabilities and capacity in Nebrask

depopulation in the event of a large‐scale sw

outbreak in Nebraska. It includes developing 

purchasing equipment, developing standard 

training responders.

Regional and International Response

to a High Consequence Mortality

Event Requiring Carcass Disposal

Southwest Border FoodProtection andEmergencyPreparedness Center,

NMSU and New Mexico

Department ofAgriculture

$270,008 The Southwest Border Food Protection and E

Center, New Mexico State University, and Ne

Agriculture will create a State‐wide plan for 

a high‐consequence livestock disease event 

establish abilities to coordinate implementatagencies, neighboring States, and with Mexic

and education materials and a communicatio

New York State Cattle Health

Assurance Program Continuity ofBusiness

New York StateDepartment ofAgriculture andMarkets

$80,218 New York State Department of Agriculture a

biosecurity modules in the NYS Cattle Health accessibility standards and expand the progr

business modules and tools veterinarians cabiosecurity plans that meet Secure Food Sup

impact large and small dairy, beef, goat, she

NYS Local Carcass Composting forHigh‐ Consequence Animal Disease

Outbreak Response

New York StateDepartment ofAgriculture andMarkets

$128,130 New York State Department of Agriculture a

State and county agencies to advance local c

scale animal disease outbreak events by dev

resources to help producers and livestock co

carcass disposal quickly, safely, and in an env

manner and exercising the new framework.

7th International Symposium onAnimal Mortality Management

North CarolinaDepartment ofAgriculture andConsumer Services

$142,175 Funds will support the June 2022 Internation

Animal Depopulation and Mass Animal Morthosted by the North Carolina Department of 

Combining Standardized On‐FarmBiosecurity Plans with AnimalMovement Data in a User‐ Friendly

Rapid Access Biosecurity

North Carolina StateUniversity

$182,301 North Carolina State University and Oklahom

cooperators will develop a framework and d

current, standardized information about farm 

(SPS), and animal movement during an outb
Title Recipient Amount Summary 

Management Tool: A Multi‐Statestudy

standardized data on SPS and biosecurity pla

and characterize within‐ State and between‐

to inform risk‐based prevention and control 

Effective Swine and CattleDepopulation Practices – EvaluatingOptions and Addressing SpeciesBased Training Needs

Ohio State University $191,961 Ohio State University will expand options av

producers in a disease outbreak where rapid 

to halt disease spread. Ohio State University 

water‐ based foam depopulation in cattle, de

on this method, and train farm personnel an

Tick tock: Identifying and Addressing

Gaps in Biosecurity Training Against

the Rapid Expansion of Invasive Ticks

Ohio State University $56,052 Preventing, detecting, and quickly respondin

biosecurity) is critical to preventing and cont

consequence animal diseases and protecting agricultural workers.

Effective Livestock Disposal Under

Mass Depopulation – AddressingAlternatives and Training for

Occurrence

Ohio State University $206,110 Ohio State University’s Extension program w

livestock producers and agriculture, emerge

environmental agencies to develop a toolkit entities in this region manage large‐scale livehigh consequence disease outbreak event.

Facilitating the Implementation ofSecure Pork Supply Plans

Ohio State University $19,621 Ohio State University and the Ohio Pork Cou

existing training and outreach materials to h

biosecurity managers, and veterinarians comSupply (SPS) plans, focusing on small produc

groups. Ohio State University will survey pro

assess knowledge, views, and practices rega

diseases and develop and implement trainin

Determining the State of Biosecurity

knowledge and Implementation

among Beef Cattle Producers

Oklahoma StateUniversity

$128,375 Oklahoma State University Extension will sur

producers to assess of producer knowledge, 

biosecurity with focus on costs. Results will b

materials to promote practical and cost‐effe

among cow‐calf producers.

Level of Infectious Virus in

Decomposing Tissues UnderSimulated Environmental Conditions

Oklahoma StateUniversity

$112,111 Oklahoma State University will examine the 

different tissues at different temperatures. T

practical information to improve policies and 

disposal of animal carcasses in a large‐scale a

Emergency Grinding and CompostTraining and Education for RegionalIndustry Stakeholders

Pennsylvania StateUniversity

$171,784 Pennsylvania State University will develop m

grinders to respond to catastrophic animal d

grinder methods. It will evaluate compost nu
Title Recipient Amount Summary 

compost. The project will provide hands‐on t

Pennsylvania and northeastern State’s stakescale animal disease events.

Decision Support Tool for theEvaluation of Centralized CarcassDisposal during an African SwineFever Outbreak

Texas A&M AgriLifeResearch

$109,476 Texas A&M AgriLife Research Institute for In

create a decision support system to help Stalivestock producers in a large‐scale swine dissupport tool will help decision‐makers exam

associated with the options for on‐farm or cemethods in an outbreak.

Advancing Animal BiosecurityAwareness and Education for

Underserved Producers

Prairie View A&MUniversity,International GoatResearch Center

$150,000 Prairie View A&M University's International 

deliver biosecurity outreach and education tlow socioeconomic animal agriculture produ

to assess biosecurity knowledge will be used 

workshops and educational material to addrprofessional development for extension age

measure impact.

Ventilation Shutdown plus HeatProof‐of‐ Concept, Training, and SOPDevelopment for a Turkey Facility

Utah Department ofAgriculture and Food

$11,379 The Utah Department of Agriculture and Foo

concept study for ventilation shutdown plus virus deactivation in turkey barns. This proje

animals. The project includes studying and vprotocol in an empty barn to train animal ag

validate the protocol under different conditi

needs should the protocol be needed in an e

Secure Food Supply‐ New England

Style

University of Vermontand State AgriculturalCollege

$263,716 This Vermont‐led, New England‐wide project 

to continue Secure Milk Supply planning, engveterinarians and producers, develop a Secu

appropriate for New England, and deliver an 

readiness at the farm level. The University of 

Agricultural College project includes a series 

activities, a regional tabletop exercise and an improvement plan.

Building a Culture of Biosecurity Wisconsin Department

of Agriculture, Trade,and ConsumerProtection, Division ofAnimal Health

$53,385 The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Tr

Protection, Div. of Animal Health will develo

outreach campaign to deliver practical inform

practices in an easily digestible format. The p

youth – including 4‐H, FFA, fair exhibitors, sc
Title Recipient Amount Summary 

members of producer groups (swine, beef, d

livestock industry vendors.

Mobile CO2 Swine Depopulation Unitfor Market Weight Hogs – Design,

fabrication, and testing

Wisconsin Departmentof Agriculture, Trade,and ConsumerProtection, Division ofAnimal Health

$188,812 Wisconsin Department of Ag, Trade, and Con

Health will build and test swine depopulatiodioxide gas as approved by the American Ve

(AVMA). They will develop and distribute eq

procedures, and testing results with other St