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Animal Health Division
Division MenuAnimal Health Division’s mission is to prevent, suppress, control, and if possible, eradicate high-consequence communicable diseases of livestock and poultry as authorized by West Virginia Code and Legislative Rule. The Division encompasses: traditional field services for surveillance and response actions; two animal disease diagnostic laboratories; meat and poultry inspection bureau; livestock grading & livestock market reporting; veterinary biologics requests; …
Animal Health Licenses
Animal Health Division licensing includes mainly areas that were delegated from Executive (Dangerous Wild Animals, Deer Farms, Hunting Preserves), or shifted to Animal Health responsibility with a November 2019 reorganization that relocated licensing previously in Agriculture Business Development (formerly Marketing Division’s livestock dealer, livestock market, and weighman licensing). Annual apiary registration was likewise relocated from Division of Plant Industry. Historically, …
WVDA Veterans Pitch Competition Now Accepting Applications
December 16, 2025Charleston – The West Virginia Department of Agriculture (WVDA) is now accepting applications for the 2026 Veterans & Heroes to Agriculture Agribusiness Pitch Competition, an annual event designed to support veterans and other emergency responders pursuing agricultural careers and small-business ventures in the Mountain State. The competition provides qualified applicants an opportunity to present their ideas for innovative, …
WVDA Confirms Case of Avian Influenza in Backyard Flock in Jackson County
December 5, 2025Charleston – The West Virginia Department of Agriculture (WVDA) has confirmed the presence of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) in a backyard flock in Jackson County. This is only the third detection of HPAI in domestic birds in West Virginia since the global outbreak began in early 2022. The diagnosis was confirmed following a field investigation, sample collection, …
USDA Announces Additional Disaster Assistance for Farmers and Ranchers
November 18, 2025Charleston – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is expanding support for producers affected by natural disasters in 2023 and 2024. Through the Farm Service Agency’s (FSA) Supplemental Disaster Relief Program (SDRP), USDA will deliver more than $16 billion in new Congressionally approved assistance. This builds on earlier USDA relief efforts, including $9.3 billion through the Emergency Commodity …