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NAVVCB
The NAVVCB allows APHIS to stockpile animal vaccines and other related products, serving as an effective insurance policy in the extremely rare chance of an outbreak of certain high-consequence foreign animal diseases, like foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) virus. APHIS will invest an additional $30 million in NAVVCB purchases in FY 2022 and FY 2023, including FMD vaccine and diagnostic test kits. While we are confident we can keep FMD out of the country as we have since 1929, having access to vaccine would be a critical tool to stop the spread of disease, allowing America’s farmers and ranchers to get back on their feet more quickly. This purchase will make more doses available should they be needed. For the first time, APHIS will also purchase diagnostic test kits for the NAVVCB stockpile.
More information about all these programs is available at: https://www.aphis.usda.gov/aphis/resources/farmbill.
Source: U.S. Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
