To protect, safeguard, and improve animal health among all livestock industries in Iowa through animal movement regulations, exhibition regulations, import regulations, and cooperative disease control/education campaigns.
To cooperatively work with academia, industry groups, and others to eradicate/control infectious and contagious diseases of importance to animal agriculture in Iowa.
To protect the animal agriculture industry from foreign animal disease introductions and maintain a state of emergency preparedness sufficient to deal with disease and natural disaster concern.
To protect the public from zoonotic disease.
To provide for the humane care and treatment of companion animals in commercial establishments.
