Meeting Notice: State Board of Animal Health

BISMARCK – The State Board of Animal Health will meet at 9 a.m., Wednesday, June 10, in the North Dakota Department of Agriculture’s 6th floor conference room at the State Capitol.

If you would like the call-in information, please contact Michelle Mielke at 701-328-2233 prior to 9 a.m. on Wednesday, June 10, 2026.

Draft Agenda

  1. Introductions and Roll Call
  2. Minutes – March 11, 2026, Meeting
  3. ND Game and Fish Department
  4. ND Department of Health & Human Services
  5. NDSU Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory
    • Heather Mitchell, Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM)
  6. ND Stockmen’s Association
  7. Independent Beef Association of North Dakota (I-BAND)
  8. United States Department of Agriculture Animal & Plant Health Inspection Service (USDA-APHIS) Wildlife Services
  9. USDA-APHIS Veterinary Services
  10. Animal Disease Traceability
    • Memorandum of Understanding – South Dakota & Montana
    • Electronic Identification Tags
    • Brucellosis Vaccination Tags
    • Exhibition Animals
  11. Disease Updates
    • Bovine Brucellosis
    • New World Screwworm
    • Theileria
    • Vesicular Stomatitis
  12. Farmed Elk Updates
  13. Non-traditional Livestock (NTL) Updates
    • NTL Subcommittee Report
    • Chronic Wasting Disease Testing Requirement
  14. Importation Requirements
    • Dairy Cattle – HPAI Testing
  15. North Dakota State Fair
    • Lactating Dairy
  16. Field Investigator Update
  17. Fiscal Update
  18. Veterinary Loan Repayment Program
  19. Violations
    • Executive Session
  20. Election of Officers
  21. Other
  22. Upcoming Meetings/Events
    • June 7-10, 2026 – United States Animal Health Association (USAHA) Western States Meeting – Newport, Oregon
    • June 22-27, 2026 – Foreign Animal Disease Training – Ames, IA
    • July 16-25, 2026 – North Dakota State Fair – Minot, ND
    • Aug. 9-11, 2026 – North Dakota Veterinary Medical Association Annual Meeting – Fargo, ND
    • Aug. 10-15, 2026 – National Poultry Improvement Plan Meeting – Salt Lake City, UT
    • Sept. 9-11, 2026 – United States Swine Health Improvement Plan Meeting – Minneapolis, MN
    • Sept. 24-26, 2026 – North Dakota Stockmen’s Convention – Bismarck, ND
    • Oct. 15-21, 2026 – USAHA Meeting – Madison, WI

Where noted, the discussion of some of the above items may be held in executive session rather than during the portion of the meeting that is open to the public.  If this is a regular meeting, additional topics may be discussed.  If this is a special or emergency meeting, the governing body’s discussion will be limited to the topics and executive sessions listed above.

NOTE: Agenda items may be moved up or down on the agenda. Breaks will be at the discretion of the President of the Board.