Using the Veterinary Services Process Streamlining (VSPS) System
Veterinary Services Process Streamlining (VSPS) is a Federal system used by accredited veterinarians, veterinary technicians, importers, lab employees, State employees, and Federal employees to manage APHIS Veterinary Services processes.
VSPS can be used to create certificates of veterinary inspection (CVIs) for the movement of livestock species such as alpaca, bison, bovine, caprine, cervidae, equine, llama, ovine, and porcine within the borders of the United States.
VSPS does not currently provide CVIs or laboratory testing forms for companion animals such as cats and dogs.
Veterinary Services Process Streamlining
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Get Access to VSPS
Access to VSPS is gained through a combination of getting a login.gov account (along with verifying your identity if required) and creating your VSPS profile and requesting a role.
Refer to the documents below for step-by-step instructions on getting access to VSPS.
What You Can Do in VSPS
Accredited veterinarians can:
- Create an electronic certificate of veterinary inspection (eCVI)
- Create and submit electronic Coggins (equine infectious anemia [EIA]) test request paperwork to participating National Veterinary Services Laboratories (NVSL)-approved labs
- Set up a practice to allow document sharing among practice members including CVI data, EIA/Coggins test record information, contacts, and animal information
- Submit an accreditation application for renewal, update your contact information, apply for authorization in an additional State, or change your accreditation category
- Use the system for free/at no cost
Veterinary technicians can:
- Create an eCVI to submit to the accredited veterinarian for approval
- Create and submit electronic Coggins (EIA) test request paperwork to participating NVSL-approved labs
Animal importers/brokers can:
- Create documents needed for importation into the United States as well as reserve space at the two Federal animal import centers in the United States
- Check status on importations and reservations
Lab employees can:
- Enter results on electronic Coggins (EIA) forms submitted in VSPS
- Check accreditation status of veterinarians
State employees can:
- View interstate eCVIs for your State and accept or reject the eCVIs
- Enter retro CVIs (rCVIs)
- States may enter already-issued paper CVIs into the retrospective CVI portion of the module for electronic recordkeeping purposes.
- View Coggins (EIA) tests completed in your State
- Check accreditation status of veterinarians
- Add State certificate statements required to be on eCVIs
- View international animal imports that have a destination of your State
- View approved product import establishments
Federal employees can:
- Create, manage, and view animal importations
- Create, manage, and view reservations and barn space at the animal import centers
- If NVAP staff, manage accredited veterinary records including national accreditation numbers, reaccreditation timelines, and contact information for accredited veterinarians around the country
- Check accreditation status of veterinarians
- Manage and view records of establishments that are approved to export animal products
- Manage and view records of establishments that are approved to import animal products into the United States
- View instate eCVIs
- View Coggins (EIA) tests
Need Help?
Login.gov Help
For help with logging in or login.gov issues, contact:
Login.gov Help Desk
eAuthentication Help
For help with logging in or eAuthentication issues, contact:
eAuthentication Help Desk
VSPS Help
If you're receiving an error message in VSPS or having other technical issues, contact:
VSPS Help Desk
Email: help@usda.gov
Phone: 877-944-8457 (option 4)
For emails, include the subject line "VS IT Systems—VSPS" and the following details:
- Username of the eAuthentication account you're using to login
- Error message received
- What you were attempting to do when you received the error message
- Any other applicable information (such as your national accreditation number or the document or certificate number you're working with)