Texas Animal Health Commission

The Texas Animal Health Commission (TAHC), one of the oldest
state regulatory agencies, was founded in 1893 by the legislature with a
mission to combat the fever tick that plagued the Texas cattle industry.
Today, the agency protects the health and enhances the marketability of
all Texas livestock, exotic livestock and poultry, including:
• cattle
• swine
• poultry
• sheep & goats
• equine
• exotic fowl
• exotic livestock