USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Veterinary Services
USDA:APHIS:VS State Veterinarians as of 10-06-98
*** ALABAMA ***
Dr. J. Lee Alley
State Veterinarian
Director, Animal Industry Division
Department of Agriculture and Industries
P O Box 3336
1445 Federal Drive, Room 222
Montgomery, AL 36109-0336
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Tel Nr: (334) 240-7255
Fax Nr: (334) 223-7352
*** ALASKA ***
Dr. Bert A. Gore
State Veterinarian
500 South Alaska Street
Palmer, AK 99645
Tel Nr: (907) 745-3236
Fax Nr: (907) 745-8125
*** ARIZONA ***
Dr. Richard D. Willer
State Veterinarian
Arizona Livestock Board
1688 W. Adams, Rm. 321
Phoenix, AZ 85007
Tel Nr: (602) 542-4293
Fax Nr: (602) 542-4290
*** ARKANSAS ***
Dr. Charles E. Starkey
State Veterinarian
Arkansas Livestock & Poultry Commission
P O Box 5497
1 Natural Resources Drive
Little Rock, AR 72215
Tel Nr: (501) 225-5138
Fax Nr: (501) 225-9727
Permit Numbers: Mon - Fri
(8:00 am - 4:30 pm) (501) 225-5138
*** CALIFORNIA ***
Dr. Richard Breitmeyer
State Veterinarian
Director, Division of Animal Industry
Department of Food & Agriculture
1220 "N" Street, A-114
Sacramento, CA 95814
Tel Nr: (916) 654-0881
Fax Nr: (916) 653-2215
Animal Health (916) 654-1447
*** COLORADO ***
Dr. Jerry J. Bohlender
State Veterinarian
Colorado Department of Agriculture
700 Kipling Street, Suite 4000
Lakewood, CO 80215-5894
Tel Nr: (303) 239-4161
Fax Nr: (303) 239-4164
Permit Number: (303) 239-4161
After hours and on weekends:
(303) 425-5427
(303) 678-5743
(970) 225-2163
(303) 239-4159
*** CONNECTICUT ***
Dr. Jack Meister
State Veterinarian
Department of Agriculture
State Office Building, Room 291
165 Capitol Avenue
Hartford, CT 06106
Tel Nr: (203) 566-5268
Fax Nr: (203) 566-8791
Permit Number:
Mon thru Fri 8:30 - 4:30 p.m.
(203) 566-5616
*** DELAWARE ***
Dr. H. Wesley Towers, Jr.
State Veterinarian
Department of Agriculture
2320 South Dupont Highway
Dover, DE 19901
Tel Nr: (302) 739-4811
Fax Nr: (302) 697-6287
*** FLORIDA ***
Dr. Leroy Coffman
State Veterinarian
Division of Animal Industry
Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
Room 328, Mayo Building
Tallahassee, FL 32390-0800
Tel Nr: (850) 488-7747
Fax Nr: (850) 922-8969
*** GEORGIA ***
Dr. Lee M. Brooks
State Veterinarian
Assistant Commissioner of Animal Industry
Georgia Department of Agriculture
Capital Square
Atlanta, GA 30334-4201
Tel Nr: (404) 656-3671
Fax Nr: (404) 657-1357
e-mail: lbrooks@agr.state.ga.us
Permit Number: (404) 656-3667
*** GUAM ***
Dr. Steven Nusbaum
Guam Territorial Veterinarian
P O Box 739
Agana, Guam 96910
Tel Nr: (671) 734-3940 ext. #9
*** HAWAII ***
Dr. Calvin W. S. Lum
Administrator, Division of Animal Health
Hawaii Department of Agriculture
99-941 Halawa Valley Street
Aiea, HI 96701-5699
Tel Nr: (808) 483-7100
Fax Nr: (808) 483-7110
After hours: (808) 836-3228
*** IDAHO ***
Dr. Bob Hillman
State Veterinarian
Administrator, Division of Animal Industries
P O Box 790
Boise, ID 83701
Tel Nr: (208) 332-8540
Fax Nr: (208) 334-4062
e-mail: bhillman@agri.state.id.us
Permit Number: (208) 332-8540
After hours:
(208) 362-9267
(208) 888-4124
(208) 454-3790
(208) 922-1214
Packages:
2270 Old Penitentiary Road
Boise, ID 83712
*** ILLINOIS ***
Dr. Richard D. Hull
Chief Veterinarian
Bureau of Animal Health
P O Box 19281 - State Fairgrounds
Springfield, IL 62794-9821
Tel Nr: (217) 782-4944
Fax Nr: (217) 524-7702
*** INDIANA ***
Dr. Bret D. Marsh
State Veterinarian
Indiana State Board of Animal Health
805 Beachway Drive, Suite 50
Indianapolis, IN 46224
Tel Nr: (317) 227-0300
Fax Nr: (317) 227-0330 (fax)
Permit Number:
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(317) 227-0316 (cattle)
(317) 227-0311 (swine)
*** IOWA ***
Dr. Walter D. Felker
Chief, Bureau of Animal Industry
Iowa Department of Agriculture & Land Stewardship
Henry Wallace Building
East 9th & Grand
Des Moines, IA 50319
Tel Nr: (515) 281-5305
Fax Nr: (515) 281-6236
Permit Number: (515) 281-5547
*** KANSAS ***
Mr. George Teagarden
Animal Health Commissioner
Kansas Animal Health Department
708 S. Jackson
Topeka, KS 66603-3714
Tel Nr: (785) 296-2326
Fax Nr: (785) 296-1765
Permit Numbers: Mon - Fri
(8:00 am to 4:30 pm) (785) 296-2328 (cattle)
After Hours: (785) 296-2329 (swine)
*** KENTUCKY ***
Dr. Don L. Notter
State Veterinarian
Kentucky Department of Agriculture
Division of Animal Health
100 Fairoaks Lane, Suite 252
Frankfort, KY 40601
Tel Nr: (502) 564-3956
Fax Nr: (502) 564-7852
Permits are only available during business hours 8:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
*** LOUISIANA ***
Dr. Maxwell Lea, Jr.
State Veterinarian
Office of Animal Health Services
P O Box 1951
Baton Rouge, LA 70821
Tel Nr: (504) 925-3980
Fax Nr: (504) 925-6012
*** MAINE ***
Dr. David F. Dineen
State Veterinarian
Director, Division of Animal Health & Industry
Department of Agriculture - Foods & Rural Resources
State House - Station 28
Augusta, ME 04333-0028
Tel Nr: (207) 287-3701
Fax Nr: (207) 287-7548
*** MARYLAND ***
Dr. Roger E. Olson
State Veterinarian
Division of Animal Industries
Maryland Department of Agriculture
50 Harry S. Truman Parkway
Annapolis, MD 21401
Tel Nr: (410) 841-5810
Fax Nr: (410) 841-5999
*** MASSACHUSETTS ***
Dr. Anne Mann
Chief, Bureau of Animal Health
Massachusetts Department of Agriculture
Leverette Saltonstall Building
100 Cambridge Street
Boston, MA 02202
Tel Nr: (617) 727-3018
Fax Nr: (617) 727-7235
For Entry Permits (extensions):
Cattle x157
Swine x156
Poultry x156
Chief x131
*** MICHIGAN ***
Dr. Harry Michael Chaddock
Division Director & State Veterinarian
Michigan Department of Agriculture
Animal Industry Division
P O Box 30017
Lansing, MI 48909
Tel Nr: (517) 373-1077
Fax Nr: (517) 373-6015
Packages:
Animal Industry Division
611 N. Ottawa, Fourth Floor
Lansing, MI 48933
*** MINNESOTA ***
Dr. T. J. Hagerty
State Veterinarian
State of Minnesota
Board of Animal Health
119 Agriculture Building
90 West Plato Boulevard
St. Paul, MN 55107
Tel Nr: (612) 296-2942
Fax Nr: (612) 296-7417
Permit Numbers: Mon - Fri
(8:00 am to 4:30 pm) (612) 296-2942
After Hours: (612) 296-2967
*** MISSISSIPPI ***
Dr. Frank Rogers
State Veterinarian
Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory
P O Box 4389
Jackson, MS 39216
Tel Nr: (601) 354-6089
Fax Nr: (601) 354-6097
*** MISSOURI ***
Dr. John W. Hunt, Jr.
State Veterinarian
Missouri Department of Agriculture
P O Box 630
1616 Missouri Boulevard
Jefferson City, MO 65102-0630
Tel Nr: (573) 751-3377
Fax Nr: (573) 751-6919
*** MONTANA ***
Dr. Arnold A. Gertonson
State Veterinarian
Montana Department of Livestock
Animal Health Division
P O Box 202001
Capitol Station, 6th & Roberts
Helena, MT 59620-2001
Tel Nr: (406) 444-2043
Fax Nr: (406) 444-1929
Permit Number: (406) 444-2976
*** NEBRASKA ***
Dr. Larry L. Williams
State Veterinarian
State of Nebraska
Bureau of Animal Industry
P O Box 94787
301 Centennial Mall, South, 4th Floor
Lincoln, NE 68509
Tel Nr: (402) 471-2351
Fax Nr: (402) 471-3252
*** NEVADA ***
Dr. Alan Bosomworth
Acting State Veterinarian
Chief, Bureau of Animal Industry
Nevada Department of Agriculture
350 Capitol Hill Avenue
Reno, NV 89502
Tel Nr: (702) 688-1180
Fax Nr: (702) 688-1178
*** NEW HAMPSHIRE ***
Dr. Clifford W. McGinnis
State Veterinarian
Division of Animal Industry
New Hampshire Department of Agriculture, Markets, & Food
P O Box 2042
Concord, NH 03302-2042
Tel Nr: (603) 271-2404
Fax Nr: (603) 271-1109
(Street address: 25 Capitol Street, 2nd Floor)
*** NEW JERSEY ***
Dr. Ernest W. Zirkle
State Veterinarian
Division of Animal Health
New Jersey Department of Agriculture
CN330
Trenton, NJ 08625
Tel Nr: (609) 292-3965
Fax Nr: (609) 633-2550
*** NEW MEXICO ***
Dr. Steven R. England
State Veterinarian
New Mexico Livestock Board
7013 Central, NE
Albuquerque, NM 87108-2049
Tel Nr: (505) 841-4000
Fax Nr: (505) 841-4012
After 4:30 pm until 10 p.m., including weekends:
(1-800-468-6884)
*** NEW YORK ***
Dr. John P. Huntley
State Veterinarian
Director, Division of Animal Industry
New York State Department of Agriculture & Markets
1 Winners Circle
Albany, NY 12235
Tel Nr: (518) 457-3502
Fax Nr: (518) 485-7773
Permit Numbers: (518) 457-2886; 457-4187
*** NORTH CAROLINA ***
Dr. George C. Edwards
State Veterinarian
Director, Veterinary Division
North Carolina Department of Agriculture
P O Box 26026
Raleigh, NC 27601
Tel Nr: (919) 733-7601
Fax Nr: (919) 733-2277
Mailing address for packages:
2 West Edenton St.
Raleigh, NC 27601
*** NORTH DAKOTA ***
Dr. Larry A. Schuler
State Veterinarian
Board of Animal Health
Department of Agriculture
600 E. Boulevard Avenue, 6th Floor
Bismarck, ND 58505-0020
Tel Nr: (701) 328-2655
Fax Nr: (701) 328-4567
Permit Number: (701) 328-2655
After Hours: (701) 258-9352 or 250-1101
*** OHIO ***
Dr. R. David Glauer
State Veterinarian
Division of Animal Industry
8995 East Main Street
Reynoldsburg, OH 43068
Tel Nr: (614) 728-6220
Fax Nr: (614) 728-6310
*** OKLAHOMA ***
Burke Healey, D.V.M.
State Veterinarian
Animal Industry Division
2800 North Lincoln Blvd.
Oklahoma City, OK 73105
Tel Nr: (405) 521-3891
Fax Nr: (405) 521-4912
Permit Number: (405) 524-6404
Permits are only issued from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m.
*** OREGON ***
Andrew A. Clark, DVM
State Veterinarian
Animal Health Division
Department of Agriculture
635 Capitol Street, NE
Salem, OR 97310-0110
Tel Nr: (503) 986-4680
Fax Nr: (503) 986-4734
Permit Numbers: Mon-Fri
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(8:00 am to 5:00 pm Pacific time) (503) 986-4679
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No permits are given after hours or on weekends or holidays.
*** PENNSYLVANIA ***
Dr. Sherbyn Ostrich
Acting State Veterinarian
Director, Bureau of Animal Industry
Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture
2301 North Cameron Street
Harrisburg, PA 17110
Tel Nr: (717) 783-5301
Fax Nr: (717) 787-2387
*** PUERTO RICO ***
Dr. Hector Garcia Marrero
State Veterinarian
Director, Veterinary Services
Department of Agriculture
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
Box 10163
Santurce, PR 00908
Tel Nr: (787) 725-1685
Permit number: (787) 729-6896
*** RHODE ISLAND ***
Dr. Susan Littlefield
State Veterinarian
Rhode Island Dept. of Agriculture
235 Promenade, Room 370
Providence, RI 02908
Tel Nr: (401) 222-2781
Fax Nr: (401) 222-6047
*** SOUTH CAROLINA ***
Dr. Jones Bryan
State Veterinarian
Director, Clemson University Livestock-Poultry Health Division
P O Box 102406
Columbia, SC 29224-2406
Tel Nr: (803) 788-2260
Fax Nr: (803) 788-8058
*** SOUTH DAKOTA ***
Dr. S. D. Holland
State Veterinarian
Animal Industry Board
411 South Fort Street
Pierre, SD 57501
Tel Nr: (605) 773-3321
Fax Nr: (605) 773-5459
After hours and on weekends, calls will be handled by an answering machine.
*** TENNESSEE ***
Dr. Robert Hartin
State Veterinarian
Ellington Agricultural Center
P O Box 40627, Melrose Station
Nashville, TN 37204
Tel Nr: (615) 837-5120
Fax Nr: (615) 837-5335
*** TEXAS ***
Dr. Terry Beals
State Veterinarian
Texas Animal Health Commission
P O Box 12966
Austin, TX 78711-2966
Tel Nr: (512) 719-0700
Fax Nr: (512) 719-0729
Permit Number:
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(512) 719-0777
Mailing address for packages:
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2105 Kramer Lane
Austin, TX 78758
*** UTAH ***
Dr. Michael R. Marshall
State Veterinarian
Utah Department of Agriculture
P O Box 146500
350 North Redwood Road
Salt Lake City, UT 84114-6500
Tel Nr: (801) 538-7160
Fax Nr: (801) 538-7169
Permit Number: (801) 538-7164
After Hours: (801) 882-0217; 731-3538
*** VERMONT ***
Dr. Samuel Hutchins, 3rd.
State Veterinarian
Vermont Department of Agriculture
116 State Street
Montpelier, VT 05620-2901
Tel Nr: (802) 828-2421
Fax Nr: (802) 828-2361
*** VIRGIN ISLANDS ***
Dr. Duke L. Deller
Director of Veterinary Medicine
Department of Agriculture
Govt. of U.S. Virgin Islands
P O Box "U"
Kingshill, St. Croix, USVI 00850
*** VIRGINIA ***
William M. Sims, Jr., D.V.M., M.S.
State Veterinarian
Division of Animal Health Services
Washington Building, Suite 600
1100 Bank Street
Richmond, VA 23219
Tel Nr: (804) 786-2481
Fax Nr: (804) 371-2380
Mailing address for packages:
1100 Bank Street
Richmond, VA 23219
*** WASHINGTON ***
Dr. Robert W. Mead
State Veterinarian
Food Safety/Animal Health Division
P O Box 42577
1111 Washington Street
Olympia, WA 98504-2577
Tel Nr: (360) 902-1878
Fax Nr: (360) 902-2087
*** WEST VIRGINIA ***
Dr. Lewis P. Thomas
State Veterinarian
Animal Health Division
West Virginia Department of Agriculture
1900 Kanawha East Boulevard
Charleston, WV 25305-0172
Tel Nr: (304) 558-2214
Fax Nr: (304) 558-2231
Emergencies: (304) 343-8347
*** WISCONSIN ***
Dr. Clarence Siroky
State Veterinarian
Animal Health Division
Wisconsin State Department of Agriculture
Trade and Consumer Protection
P O Box 8911
Madison, WI 53708-8911
Tel Nr: (608) 224-4872
Fax Nr: (608) 224-4871
Permit Number: (608) 266-3481
Mon thru Fri 7:45 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Mailing address for packages:
2811 Agriculture Drive
Madison, WI 53704
*** WYOMING ***
Dr. Jim Logan
Acting State Veterinarian
Livestock Board
2020 Carey Ave., 4th Floor
Cheyenne, WY 82002
Tel Nr: (307) 777-7515
Fax Nr: (307) 777-6561 e-mail address: winsl@missc.state.wy.us
Permit Numbers: (307) 777-7515, 7517, 6437
After Hours: (307) 547-3779; 547-3449
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