Meeting Notice: State Board of Animal Health

BISMARCK – The State Board of Animal Health will meet at 9 a.m., Wednesday, Sept. 16, in the auditorium of the North Dakota Game and Fish Department, 100 N. Bismarck Expressway, Bismarck, ND.

If you would like the call-in information, please contact Michelle Mielke at 701-328-2233 prior to 9 a.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2026.

Draft Agenda

  1. Introductions and Roll Call
  2. Minutes – June 10, 2026, Meeting
  3. ND Game and Fish Department
  4. ND Department of Health & Human Services
  5. NDSU Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory
  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
    • Electronic Identification Tags
    • Brucellosis Vaccination Tags
  11. Disease Updates
    • New World Screwworm
    • Vesicular Stomatitis
    • Brucellosis
  12. Farmed Elk Updates
  13. Non-traditional Livestock (NTL) Updates
    • NTL Subcommittee Report
    • Chronic Wasting Disease Testing Requirement
  14. ND State Fair Update
  15. Field Investigator Update
  16. Fiscal Update
  17. Veterinary Loan Repayment Program
  18. Violations
    • Executive Session
  19. Other
  20. Upcoming Meetings/Events
    • Sept. 24-26, 2026 – North Dakota Stockmen’s Convention – Bismarck, ND
    • Oct. 3, 2026 – ND Lamb and Wool Growers Meeting – Bismarck, ND 
    • Oct. 15-21, 2026 – U.S. Animal Health Association Meeting – Madison, WI
    • Oct. 23-24, 2026 – I-BAND Annual Meeting – Bismarck, ND
    • Oct. 26-30, 2026 – Multistate Partnership Meeting – Las Cruces, NM

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.