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USDA, 2007a. Dairy 2007, Part 1 Reference of dairy cattle health and management practices in the United States (2007a). USDA-APHIS-VS. GEAR, Fort Collins, CO. 

R. A. Dolbeei, USDA-APHIS Denver Wildlife Center Animal Repellents Report, U.S. Aimed Forces Pest Management Boaid, Washington, D.C.,... 

An information package for potential licencees is available from United States Department of Agriculture (USDA/ APHIS) Veterinary Biologies, BBEP ... 

Also think about quarantines if you plan to import or export plants from the United States. In 1912, the Federal Plant Quarantine Act was passed to prevent the introduction of foreign pathogens into the United States. Federal plant quarantine laws limit the importation of plants, plant products (even seeds), and soil from other countries. Some states have their own, more restrictive, exclusions. Before you bring any plant into this country, check with the US. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and your state department of agriculture to see if any restrictions apply. Write to USDA/APHIS/PP Q, Federal Center Building, Hyattsville, MD 20782, for information. 

The authors thank Dr. R. E. Eplee, USDA, APHIS, Whiteville Methods Development Center, Whiteville, NC for the witchweed seeds used in this research and other helpful suggestions. 

For many years, and particularly in its earlier developmental stages, irradiation was a technology looking for applications and finding a community reluctance to embrace and exploit its immense potential. This is now changing rapidly. Properly used, the method gives reliable responses, which are a prerequisite for quarantine applications. Currently, there do not appear to be any economic incentives as such for irradiation, and other factors will determine whether it becomes used as a treatment method - factors such as unavailability of any other treatment for whatever reason. The USDA-APHIS recently permitted test shipments of... 

The Federal Animal Welfare Act (PL 89-544) governs the purchase of dogs and cats for use in research and teaching. Under this law, these species may be purchased only from (1) a dealer hcensed with the U.S. Department of Agriculture Animal/Plant Health inspection Service (USDA/APHIS), (2) a commercial breeder hcensed with USPA/APHIS, (3) local or county animal shelters (recognizing that, at this time, a number of states prohibit the sale of pound animals for research or teaching), or (4) another research institution which has obtained the animals from any of these sources. 

Each registered research facility must submit VA 18-23 Annual Report ofResearch Facility with USDA/APHIS each year, listing the numbers of animals by species and by category of potential pain or discomfort used during that year, with the signatures of the attending... 

Organisms used for pest control such as insect predators, nematodes, and macroscopic parasites do not fall within the scope of these guidelines as they are not considered biorationals and are exempt from FIFRA requirements. These organisms are subject to regulation by the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service of the USDA (APHIS) under the Plant Pest Act. 

Review and approval of research protocols are conducted by NIH, S E, or National Science Foundation. Acronyms APHIS, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA EPA, Environmental Protection Agency FDA, Food and Drug Administration NIH, National Institutes of Health S E, Science and Education, USDA. APHIS issues permits for the importation and domestic shipment of certain plants and animals, plant pests, and animal pathogens, and for the shipment or release to the environment of regulated agents. 

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