Animal Health

AUSTIN, TX – Texas Animal Health Commission (TAHC) officials received confirmation of anthrax in a barbary sheep, also known as an aoudad, on a premises in Uvalde County on August 18, 2022. This is...

To All EWA Members, We need your help! Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) is set to vote on the newly proposed TTT permit rules at their Commission meeting on March 24 2022, at 9 AM. How can...

AUSTIN, TX – Texas Animal Health Commission (TAHC) officials received confirmation of anthrax in a captive white-tailed deer herd on a Val Verde County premises on July 11, 2021. This is the first anthrax case...

To our EWA members who are also in the Texas Deer Breeder Program, Mitch Lockwood, TPWD Big Game Director has confirmed that the emergency rule did, in fact, change the age eligible mortalities to 9...

To all of our EWA members:  I know that our industry, as well as other livestock industries, are suffering tremendously as a result of this unprecedented weather. I was on a conference call today with...

TPWD RULE CHANGES Summary of Rule Changes to Deer Breeder Regulations This email is being sent as notification that the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission has adopted breeder regulations amendments affecting Deer Breeder Permits. A summary...

Monthly Fever Tick Situation Report Statewide Quarantine Summary 178 Infested Quarantine Premises: - 78 permanent quarantine zone premises - 100 non-permanent quarantine zone premise - Counties with infested premises quarantines include: Cameron, Jim Wells, Starr, Webb, Willacy and Zapata 84 Exposed Quarantine...

AUSTIN, TX – The Texas Animal Health Commission (TAHC) reminds Texas landowners of statewide exotic chronic wasting disease (CWD) susceptible species requirements for the 2020-21 hunting season. Exotic susceptible species include North American elk or wapiti,...

Can You Help With The Oral Anthrax Vaccine Research?? Walter Cook, DVM, PhD along with Texas A&M University are conducting research for an oral Anthrax vaccine and they need your help. Dr. Cook has been...

AUSTIN, TX – As hunting season approaches, the Texas Animal Health Commission (TAHC) reminds hunters in South Texas that there are additional precautions required when handling white-tailed deer, nilgai antelope, black buck, axis deer,...