APHIS Press Releases for April 2001

OK Brucellosis Free	Oklahoma is Brucellosis Class-Free
Comments on Exemptions	USDA Seeks Comments on Brucellosis and Tuberculosis Exemptions
New Scrapie UMR	USDA Seeks Comments on New Scrapie Eradication Uniform Methods and Rules
Emergency Grant Program	USDA Establishes Grant Program for Animal Health Emergency Preparedness
Veneman Speaks on FMD	Veneman Says Vigilance Keeping FMD Out of U.S. and Assures Congress Compensation Would be Available in Case of Emergency
PEI Potato Agreement	U.S. and Canadian Agriculture Officials Agree on Conditions for the Movement of Potatoes from Prince Edward Island
Artificaly Dwarfed Plants	USDA Proposes Growing Standards for Artifically Dwarfed Plants
Karnal Bunt Areas	USDA Proposes to Adjust Karnal Bunt Regulated Areas
Testing for Imported Cattle	USDA Requires Further Tuberculosis Testing for Imported Cattle
Dog Definition Withdrawn	USDA Withdraws Proposed Rule to Amend the Virus-Serum-Toxin Act
Horse Testing Exemption	USDA Proposes to Exempt Iceland from Horse Testing Regulation

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California
Larry Hawkins
Public Affairs Specialist
(Sacramento)
Phone: (916) 857-6243
Fax: (916) 857-6269 Colorado
Teresa Howes
Public Affairs Specialist
(Fort Collins)
Phone: (970) 494-7410
Fax: (970) 494-7455

Florida
Nolan Lemon
Public Affairs Specialist
(Gainesville)
Phone: (352) 332-1893
Fax: (352) 331-0868

Tyrone Kemp
Citrus Canker Program
Public Affairs Specialist
(Plantation)
Phone: (954) 327-7826
Fax: (954) 797-6902
West Virginia
Charlene Lewis
Rabies Program
Public Affairs Specialist
Phone: (304) 548-5886
Fax: (304) 548-5887