Aug 28, 2026 | Blog Posts, Featured Posts
By Dr. Michael Payne, UCD School of Vet Med and Director CDQAP Preventing and responding to national and international criminal threats requires local, state and federal coordination. That was the focus of the 4th Annual Northern California FBI – InfraGard Symposium,...
Aug 28, 2026 | Blog Posts, Featured Posts
By Dr. Michael Payne, UCD School of Vet Med and Director CDQAP CDFA’s long-standing practice of maintaining the confidentiality of quarantined farms was upheld in a July 22 ruling by Sacramento Superior Court Judge Shelleyanne Chang. California Rural Legal Assistance,...
Mar 20, 2026 | Featured Posts, Quality Assurance Update
Dr. Michael Payne, UCD School of Vet Med and Director CDQAP and Dr. Nicki Humphrey, Cattle and Swine Specialist, Animal Health Branch, CDFA Livestock producers remain understandably concerned about reports that the New World Screwworm (NWS) continues to creep...
Oct 1, 2025 | Blog Posts, Featured Posts, Quality Assurance Update
It’s “All Hands-On Deck” for USDA and farmers are asked to report suspicious wounds. Last week USDA reported a new case of New World Screwworm (NWS) in the Mexican state of Nuevo Leon. Less than 70 miles from the U.S.- Mexican border, this is the closest detection...
Aug 23, 2024 | Blog Posts, Quality Assurance Update
New research explains spread, financial assistance now available Surveillance sampling, including bulk tank and individual cow samples, has not yet detected HPAI in California. Across the nation however 192 U.S. dairy herds have been confirmed infected with “Bird...
