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Ag department requests multi‑year investment to shore up animal and human health emergency infrastructure after avian influenza and dairy cases
Summary
The Department of Food and Agriculture requested a multi‑year General Fund and federal authority package to boost veterinary epidemiology, lab capacity and emergency response after a major avian influenza outbreak that affected poultry and dairy herds, the department told a Senate subcommittee.
The Department of Food and Agriculture told the subcommittee it seeks multi‑year funding to strengthen California’s animal and human health emergency response infrastructure after an unusually large 2024 avian influenza outbreak that affected both poultry and dairy herds.
Secretary Karen Ross and State Veterinarian Dr. Annette Jones described the department’s Budget Change Proposal (BCP), which requests $6 million General Fund in 2025‑26 and roughly $5.3–$5.4 million ongoing thereafter, plus $5 million in federal fund authority. The department said recent events exposed…
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