Indiana State Board of Animal Health

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1 Indiana State Board of Animal Health Office of the State Veterinarian Marianne Ash, DVM, MVPH, DACVPM Animal Health Division Director BOAH s Charge the prevention, detection, control and eradication of infectious, contagious and communicable diseases affecting the health of animals and processing and distribution of products derived from animals to control health hazards that may threaten public health IC

2 Guiding Principles Access To information, resources, answers Expertise Professionals in touch with constituent issues Outreach Education, awareness, training Representation Constituent input on specific issues Responsiveness Ability to address situations quickly, with priority State Board of Animal Health Primary Missions: Animal Health Pseudorabies, tuberculosis, scrapie, rabies Food Safety Meat & Poultry, Dairy Inspection Emergency Preparedness ASERT, Animal Issues in Disaster, bioterrorism Animal Care Dog breeders, Livestock standards 2

3 BOAH: The Board General Veterinary Medicine Purdue Veterinary School Livestock Markets General Veterinary Medicine Poultry Swine Sheep Small Animal Veterinarian Equine Beef Dairy *No more than 4 members of a single political party *Political balance must be maintained BOAH: The Agency State Veterinarian is agency head 101 staff members Primarily field staff Veterinarians Animal health specialists Meat & poultry, dairy inspectors Administrative/program support 3

4 BOAH Field Veterinarians AGRICULTURE GROWTH A Partnership 4

5 Economic Analysis of Animal Agriculture-United Soybean Board (Sep. 2016) Economic Analysis of Animal Agriculture-United Soybean Board (Sep. 2016) 5

6 Economic Analysis of Animal Agriculture-United Soybean Board (Sep. 2016) Economic Analysis of Animal Agriculture-United Soybean Board (Sep. 2016) 6

2005-2015 Economic Analysis of Animal Agriculture-United Soybean Board (Sep.

7 Economic Analysis of Animal Agriculture-United Soybean Board (Sep. 2016) Economic Analysis of Animal Agriculture-United Soybean Board (Sep. 2016) 7

8 Indiana National Rank by Size Largest to Smallest? 1 is largest land mass 50 is smallest land mass Small but Mighty Ranks 38 th in area among the U.S. States 8

9 Indiana Agricultural Exports, FY 2015 National Rankings #2 Poultry (not including broilers) #4 Soybeans and Soybean meal #5 Corn #5 Pork #5 Feeds and Other Grains #11 Animal Products Overall National Ranking #7: $4.6 B Ranked behind CA, IA, IL, NE, MN, TX Source: United States Department of Agriculture Economic Research Service Indiana s Top Livestock Inventories #1 Ducks (2,278,228 birds) #3 Layers (25,587,222 birds) #4 Pullets laying flock replacements (7,566,860 birds) #5 Hogs and Pigs (3,747,352 head) #7 Turkeys (5,084,794 birds) USDA, 2012 Census of Agriculture 9

10 PREMISES IDENTIFICATION 10

11 Traceability: Why? Trace animals potentially exposed to significant disease TB, Scrapie, CWD Disease may break after a large show Which animals were present? Many other reasons Loose animal, improper carcass disposal, natural disaster 11

12 CURRENT ISSUES UPDATES Disease Monitoring Reportables Report to BOAH by state law Foreign Animal Diseases Not found in United States Emerging Diseases New, previously undiagnosed New emergence of old disease Zoonotics One Health approach 12

13 AVIAN INFLUENZA Foreign Animal Disease Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza 13

14 Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Current threat!! Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Current threat!! 14

15 Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Dubois County, Ind. 2016: H7N8: 414,223 birds lost; 10 premises Surveillance testing zone 6.2-mile buffer around infected premises Tested backyard and commercial poultry BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS 15

16 Bovine Tuberculosis Bacteria, Mycobacterium bovis Slow, insidious disease Mammals cattle, deer, humans, other Transmission nose-to-nose or aerosol ingestion contaminated feed, carcasses Generally detected at slaughter Recent TB Traces to SE IN 2008: Single beef cow trace No other positives 2009: Cervid herd, infected Herd depopulated 2010: Two beef traces from PA Genetically linked to 2011 herd 2011: Beef herd, infected Investigation complete 16

17 2016: Index Herd (#1) Positives at slaughter One herd on two sites Whole-herd testing identified more Herd depopulation complete Launched 3-mi circle testing Proximity: Bovine TB Events w/ 10-mi Buffers

Hunter-harvested White-tailed Deer Tested 2009-2015 Q=486 2016: Wild Deer Diagnosis Positive 2-year-old white-tailed doe

18 Hunter-harvested White-tailed Deer Tested Q= : Wild Deer Diagnosis Positive 2-year-old white-tailed doe Culled from index farm Others still pending test results First wild case in Indiana Expands test area from 3 miles to 10 miles 18

19 Expanded Testing Area: 10-mi circle + Whitewater River Corridor 2-mi buffer Producer Outreach Public Meetings Door-to-Door Visits Telephone Calls Animal Health Advisories & USPS Mail 19

20 376 Farms Tested ANTHRAX 20

21 Anthrax Nov. 16: Single bull in S. IN herd Unknown source: epi is ongoing Animal burned on-site Herd under quarantine Vaccination advised Low risk to humans Natural spores too large to be airborne Awareness notifications to industry Indiana State Board of Animal Health Discovery Hall, Suite E. 38 th Street Indianapolis, IN

Update to Iowa Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) and Livestock Emergency Management Plans

Update to Iowa Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) and Livestock Emergency Management Plans James A. Roth, DVM, PhD Center for Food Security and Public Health College of Veterinary Medicine Iowa State University