NVAP Reference Guide: Preface

Last Modified: March 20, 2024

Preface

Introduction

Control and Eradication

Poultry

Aquatic Animal

Animal Health Emergency Management

Animal Movement

Animal Identification 

Appendix

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This guide supersedes APHIS 91-55-065, “Veterinary Accreditation: A Reference Guide for Practitioners,” published in February 1993, and all subsequent revisions pre-dating July 2011.