RFQ For BSE Sample Collection IDIQ

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), Veterinary Services (VS), in cooperation with the Food Safety and Inspection Service, (FSIS), and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), conducts an ongoing Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) Surveillance program in accordance with the Animal Health Protection Act (7 USC Ch. 109). The ongoing surveillance program requires brain stem samples to be collected from cattle in the targeted populations geographically dispersed across the United States. The targeted population includes cattle 12 months of age or older in any of the following surveillance streams as outlined in the World Organization for Animal Health (WOAH) Terrestrial Animal Health code: clinical suspect, disabled, and fal