DIVISION MENUIn 2013, the USDA published their final rule on Animal Disease Traceability defining requirements for official identification and interstate movement of livestock. Information regarding official identification options and interstate movement requirements/exemptions for each species can be found at the USDA’s Animal Disease Traceability website Traceability. Effective traceability is imperative for a faster disease response time. Electronic official identification options …
Animal Disease Testing
DIVISION MENUCharleston/Guthrie Laboratory Testing List Moorefield Laboratory Testing List Shipping Guidelines for Veterinarians Charleston/Guthrie Laboratory Accession Form Moorefield Laboratory Accession Form
Animal Diseases
DIVISION MENUWest Virginia Programs National Poultry Improvement Program (NPIP) Brucellosis Certification Tuberculosis Accreditation Secure Milk Supply Title 61 Legislative Animal Disease Control BR Certification – Cervid Herds TB Accredidation – Cervid Herds Salmonella Pullorum (Typhoid) Report – FMADMNI.009 Click the links below to view information by species: Cattle Cervid Equine Small Ruminants Swine Poultry LINKS Equine Viral Arteritis EECVI WVU Extension Beef.org WV Farm Bureau …
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, …
West Virginia Department of Agriculture Announces Interstate Movement Requirements Following Multiple New World Screwworm Detections in the United States
June 11, 2026CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The West Virginia Department of Agriculture (WVDA) has issued a special movement notice establishing additional interstate movement requirements for warm-blooded animals entering West Virginia from areas impacted by New World Screwworm (NWS). These movement requirements are effective immediately and are issued under the Commissioner of Agriculture’s authority granted in West Virginia Code §19-9-2 to prevent, …