---
kind: "section"
citation: "7 U.S.C. § 8318"
title: "7"
title_heading: "Agriculture"
number: "8318"
heading: "Veterinary training"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/7/8318"
units:
  - "Chapter 109 — Animal Health Protection"
---

# §8318. Veterinary training


The [Secretary](/usc/7/8302.md?p=14) of Agriculture may develop a program to maintain in all regions of the [United States](/usc/7/8302.md?p=17) a sufficient number of Federal and [State](/usc/7/8302.md?p=15) veterinarians and veterinary teams, including those based at colleges of veterinary medicine, who are well trained in recognition and diagnosis of exotic and endemic [animal](/usc/7/8302.md?p=1) [diseases](/usc/7/8302.md?p=3) and who are capable of providing effective services before, during, and after emergencies.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 107–171, title X, § 10504, May 13, 2002, 116 Stat. 510; Pub. L. 115–334, title XII, § 12106, Dec. 20, 2018, 132 Stat. 4943.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section was not enacted as part of the Animal Health Protection Act which comprises this chapter.

### Amendments

2018—Pub. L. 115–334 inserted “and veterinary teams, including those based at colleges of veterinary medicine,” before “who are well trained” and “and who are capable of providing effective services before, during, and after emergencies” before period at end.