Our mission is:
- to protect the animal industry from, and/or mitigate the effects of domestic, foreign and emerging diseases;
- to increase the marketability of Texas livestock commodities at the state, national and international level;
- to promote and ensure animal health and productivity;
- to protect human health from animal diseases and conditions that are transmissible to people; and,
- to prepare for and respond to emergency situations involving animals by conducting agency business in a responsive, cooperative and transparent manner.
Hot Topics:
In the News
- 06/09 TAHC Executive Director Order - Gillespie, Kerr, Kimble Counties
- 06/09 TAHC Modified Executive Director Order - La Salle and Webb Counties
- 06/05 Modified Executive Director Order Declaring Animal Movement Restrictions Due to New World Screwworm in Uvalde and Zavala Counties
- 06/05 TAHC Commissioners Adopt Rule Changes - Chapter 51, Entry Requirements
- 06/03 New World Screwworm Confirmed in Zavala County Calf
- 06/02 Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Detected in Texas Dairy Herd
- 05/06 Governor Abbott Appoints One New Commissionerand Reappoints Four Commissioners to TAHC
- 04/17 TAHC Joins Federal and State Officials at Groundbreaking of New World Screwworm Sterile Fly Production Facility in Texas
