Action Plan

National Program 103 Animal Health 2022-2027

The goal of National Program 103 (NP 103), Animal Health, is to protect and ensure the safety of the Nation's agriculture and food supply through improved disease detection, prevention, and control.  Basic and applied research approaches will be applied to solve animal health problems of high national priority.  Emphasis will be given to methods and procedures to control animal diseases through the discovery and development of:

• Diagnostics
• Vaccines and vaccine platforms
• Biotherapeutics
• Alternatives to antibiotics
• Disease management systems
• Disinfectants
• Farm Biosecurity measures

To read the new research cycle plan (pdf; 1.2Mb): 2022-2027 Action Plan

To read the entire plan (pdf; 0.2Mb): 2017-2022 Action Plan