AHFSS Forms & Publications

• 2015 Annual Report
• Division Organizational Chart

Fact Sheets

• Animal Diseases
• • List of Reportable Diseases

  • Multiple Species Diseases

    • Anthrax
    • Screwworm
    • Foot and Mouth Disease Guide for Producers
      English | Spanish
    • Lead Toxicity and its Effects on Animals and Animal Products
    • Q Fever
    • Vesicular Stomatitis - Alert to Cattle and Horse Owners

  • Avian & Poultry

    • Avian Chlamydiosis, Psittacosis, Ornithosis
    • Avian Influenza Questions and Answers - English | Spanish
    • Backyard Bird Owner Training and Tutorial  -  (En Español)
    • California Animal Health and Food Safety Laboratory Necropsy Services for California Backyard Poultry Owners - English | Spanish
    • Feed Store Training Tutorial  -  (En Español)
    • Information for Pet Bird Owners
    • Pet Bird Owner Training Tutorial  -  (En Español)
    • Signs of Disease in Poultry and Pet Birds - English | Spanish

  • Bovine

    • Bovine Brucellosis - English | Spanish
    • Bovine Brucellosis - General Instructions for Contract Veterinarians Vaccinating Calves
    • Bovine Cysticercosis
    • Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy in North America
    • Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy Producers Guide
    • Bovine Trichomonosis
    • Bovine Trichomonosis Program in California Overview for Cattle Producers
    • Bovine Tuberculosis California Update
    • Bovine Tuberculosis - Information for Livestock Producers
    • Bovine Tuberculosis Testing - A Review for Accredited Veterinarians
    • Bovine Tuberculosis Testing Information for Cattle Producers

  • Equine

    • Equine Herpesvirus Myeloencephalopathy
    • Equine Herpesvirus Myeloencephalopathy FAQs
    • Equine Infectious Anemia FAQs - English | Spanish
    • Equine Piroplasmosis FAQs - English | Spanish
    • Equine West Nile Virus
    • Treatment for Equine Piroplasmosis - English | Spanish
    • West Nile Virus – Protect Your Horse

  • Goats & Sheep

    • Brucella melitensis of Goats and Sheep - Public Health Issue
    • Club Lamb Fungus
    • Scrapie

  • Rabbit

    • Rabbit Hemorrhagic Disease

  • Swine

    • Classical Swine Fever
    • Health Risks Associated with Feeding Raw or Improperly Cooked Food Wastes to Swine - English | Spanish
    • Pseudorabies
    • Swine Influenza
• Animal Identification and Movement

• • Animal Identification Options

    • Cattle Official Identification Options
    • Equine Official Identification Options
    • Sheep and Goat Official Identification Options
    • Swine Official Identification Options

  • Entry Requirements for California

    • Avian & Poultry
    • Beef Cattle
    • Bison, Water Buffalo & Yak
    • Dairy Cattle
    • Equine
    • Goats
    • Rodeo, Exhibition, or Recreational Cattle
    • Sheep
    • Swine
    • Other Information
      • Certificate of Veterinary Inspection (CVI) Requirements
      • CVI Requirements for all Cattle
      • Equine Interstate Movement Questions & Answers
        English | Spanish
      • Requirements for Livestock Entering California
• Biosecurity

• • Multiple Species

    • International Travel Biosecurity Tips – Best Practices for Producers
    • Producers Guide to Protecting California's Animal Agriculture from Foreign Animal Disease

  • Avian & Poultry

    • Biosecurity Practices for Poultry Show Exhibit Organizers
    • Biosecurity Practices for Poultry Exhibitors
    • Biosecurity Training Manual for Poultry Workers - English | Spanish
    • Disease Prevention Guide for Backyard and Pet Bird Owners
    • Disease Prevention Guide for Feed Stores and Pet Stores
    • Poultry Facility Biosecurity Risk Assessment Guide

  • Bovine

    • Biosecurity California Dairies
    • Guidelines for the Emergency Euthanasia of Cattle

  • Equine

    • Complete Biosecurity Toolkit for Equine Events
    • Guidelines for the Emergency Euthanasia of Horses

  • Goat/Sheep

    • Biosecurity and Risk Assessment for Sheep Operations
    • Biosecurity and Risk Assessment for Goat Operations

  • Swine

    • Biosecurity Recommendations for Management of Swine at Exhibitions, Sales, and On-Farm
    • Biosecurity Tips for Swine Exhibition
    • Fair Exhibitors – Porcine Circovirus Frequently Asked Questions
    • Fair Exhibitors – Swine Influenza Questions and Answers

  • Other

    • Biosecurity Tips – Hand Washing
    • Biosecurity Tips – Selection and Use of Surface Disinfectants
    • Disaster Preparedness for Horse Owners
    • Disaster Preparedness for Livestock Owners
• Equine Medicine Monitoring Program
• • Complete Biosecurity Toolkit
    • Basic Biosecurity for Equine Events
    • Enhanced Biosecurity and Infectious Disease for Equine Events
    • Appendix
  • Drugs and Medication Guidelines
  • Information for Event Managers
  • Information for Exhibitors and Consignors
  • Nine Permissible Medications with Maximum Allowable Limit Restrictions Dose and Time Recommendations
  • Official Form for Declaration of Drugs Administered

• Forms

• Avian & Poultry
• • Avian Surveillance Submission Form
  • CAHFS Backyard Poultry Flock Submission Form
  • CAHFS Commercial Poultry Submission Form
• Bovine
• • Bull Slaughter Agreement
  • Cattle Pasture to Pasture Permit (76-074)
  • Dairy Exemption Application (74-010)
  • Trichomonosis CAHFS Submission Form
  • Trichomonosis – Certificate of Independent Review and Completion of Sample Collection and Evaluation Training
  • Trichomonosis – Official Bovine Test Report Form
  • Trichomonosis Test Report Continuation Form
• Other
• • CAHFS Standard Submission Form
  • Application for License as a Commercial Blood Bank for Animals (Form 76-050)
  • Application for Registration of Commercial Blood Bank Products (Form 76-051)
  • Premises and Animal Identification

Publications

• List of Reportable Conditions
• Animal Health Branch Annual Report
  2019-2020
  2017-2018
• Animal Health Branch Newsletter
• District Locations
• Role of Animal Health Branch

Websites

• Online Brucellosis Vaccine Ordering System
• Entry Requirement Interactive Website

Forms

• Bill of Sale or Consignment
• Order Form for Bill of Sale or Consignment (74-036Y)
• Livestock Brand Application (74-002)
• Mobile Slaughterer Registration Application
• Registered Cattle Feedlot Application (74-037)
• 40-Mile Cattle Special Transportation Permit (74-089)
• 50-Mile Cattle Out of State Pasture Permit (74-097A)

Websites

• Livestock Brand Renewal Online (secure site)

• Applications
• • Landfill Permit Request
  • Egg Handlers Registration Application
  • Egg Handlers Registration Renewal
  • Custom Livestock Slaughter
  • Meat Processing
  • Poultry Plant License
  • Pet Food License(s)
  • Dead Animal Hauler
  • Collection Center License
  • Renderer License
  • Request for Survey for Rendering Facility
  • Request for Survey for Meat and Poultry Inspection
  • Livestock Meat Inspector
  • Poultry Meat Inspector
  • Processing Inspector
  • Grease (IKG) Transporter for Commercial Use
  • Grease (IKG) Transporter for Personal Use
  • Inedible Transporters Reg.
  • Inedible Permit App.
  • Permit to Remove Inedibles
  • Permit to Ship Inedible Product for Pet Food
  • Application and Permit to Obtain Specimens from Official
  • Application for Livestock Producer Registration
  • Application for Mobile Slaughter Operation
• Forms
• • Exempt Meat Establishment Registration (79-001A)
  • Exempt Poultry Establishment Registration (79-001B)
  • Permit to Ship Inedibles
  • Sewage Disposal Approval Form Letter
  • Specimen Permit

• Topical Information
• • Approved Milk Inspection Services
  • Bulk Milk Tankers
  • California Milk Standards
  • Label Review Information
  • Milk Consumed Raw Standards
  • New Construction & Equipment Review
• Licenses
• • Certificates of Free Sale Information
    - Application for Certificate of Free Sale and Sanitary Origin
  • Milk Products Plant Licenses Information (Vitamins/Minerals, Diabetic, Limited Manufacturing, Limited Packaging, Oleo Margarine, and Soft Serve)
  • Personal Licenses (Butter Grader, Samplers & Weighers, Pasteurizes, Testers, and Technicians)
• Laboratory Tips
• • Appendix N and LEO Docs and Evaluation Forms

Topical Information

• Avian & Poultry
• • The Center for Food Security and Public Health - Psittacosis Fast Facts
  • The Center for Food Security and Public Health - Psittacosis Fast Facts (Technical)
  • United States Department of Agriculture Animal - Avian Influenza Prevention Guide
  • United States Department of Agriculture - Animal Biosecurity for Birds
• Equine
• • United States Department of Agriculture Animal - Biosecurity Tips for Horse Owners
• Sheep and Goat
• • American Sheep Industry Association - Scrapie Brochure
• Swine
• • The Center for Food Security and Public Health - Classical Swine Fever
  • The Center for Food Security and Public Health - General Disease Prevention Practices for Farms
  • The Center for Food Security and Public Health - General Prevention Practices for Swine Producers
  • National Pork Board - Porcine Cirovirus Brochure
  • Pork Checkoff - Champion's Guide to Youth Swine Exhibition: Biosecurity and Your Pig Project
  • Pork Checkoff - Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea Virus
  • Swine Disease Eradication Center - Biosecurity Protocols for the Prevention of Spread of Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome Virus
  • United States Department of Agriculture - Classical Swine Fever
  • United States Department of Agriculture - Classical Swine Fever Still a Threat
• Other
• • Iowa State University Veterinary Diagnostic and Production Animal Medicine - Euthanasia Brochures
  • National Association of State Health Veterinarians and National Assembly of State Animal Health Officials - Prevention and Control of Q Fever
  • Secure Milk Supply - Training Materials for Foot and Mouth Disease
  • The Center for Food Security and Public Health - Cysticercosis/Taenia (Technical)
  • The Center for Food Security and Public Health - Fast Facts Q Fever
  • The Center for Food Security and Public Health - Q Fever (Technical)
  • United States Animal Health Association - Foreign Animal Diseases
  • United States Department of Agriculture - Foot and Mouth Disease
  • United States Department of Agriculture - Foot and Mouth Disease Response
  • United States Department of Agriculture - Foot and Mouth Disease Vaccine
  • United States Department of Agriculture Food Safety and Inspection Service - Parasites and Foodborne Illness (Cysticercosis/Taenia)

Websites

• Avian & Poultry
• • American Egg Board
  • California Poultry Federation
  • Egg Nutrition Center
  • MSU Poultry
  • National Chicken Council
  • National Egg Regulatory Officials
  • National Turkey Federation
  • Pacific Egg and Poultry Association
  • Secure Broiler Supply Plan
  • Secure Egg Supply
  • Secure Turkey Supply Plan
  • University of California, Davis Poultry Science
  • United Egg Producers
  • World's Poultry Science Association
  • UC Cooperative Extension Poultry Page
• Bovine
• • California Cattlemen's Association
  • California Beef Council
  • National Cattlemen's Beef Association
• Equine
• • American Association of Equine Practitioners
• Sheep and Goat
• • American Dairy Goat Association
  • American Goat Federation
  • American Sheep Industry Association
  • California Wool Growers Association
  • National Scrapie Education Initiative
• Swine
• • American Association of Swine Veterinarians
  • Pork Checkoff
  • National Pork Producers Council
• Other
• • American Association of Meat Processors
  • California Animal Health and Food Safety Laboratory System
  • California Milk Advisory Board
  • California Milk Processor Board
  • California Rural Crime Prevention
  • Center for Animal Welfare
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  • The Center for Food Security and Public Health
  • Dairy Council of California
  • Dairy Institute of California
  • Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
  • Institute for Infectious Animal Diseases
  • International Livestock Identification Association
  • Interstate Animal Movement Requirements
  • Mosquito and Vector Control Association of California
  • National Institute for Animal Agriculture
  • National Renderers Association
  • North American Meat Institute
  • Secure Milk Supply
  • United States Animal Health Association
  • United States Department of Agriculture
  • United States Department of Agriculture Animal and
    Plant Health Inspection Service
  • United States Food and Drug Administration
  • Western United Dairymen
  • World Health Organization
  • World Organisation for Animal Health