SHMP : 2024 State of Ohio Enhanced Hazard Mitigation Plan
State Hazard Mitigation Plan - Mitigation Action
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Provide ongoing tests, inspections, and surveillance to verify the absence of animal diseases.
2025 SA- A core function of the ODA, the Animal Health Division and the Ohio Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory. If there is an outbreak, we work with USDA to stop or slow the spread. Ohio did have an outbreak of the highly pathogenic avian influenza (Dec. 2024 - May 2025) that impacted more than 70 poultry premises and resulted in the depopulation of more than 15 million birds. Marked as ongoing.