The National Centre for Animal Health (NCAH) is one of the central programs under the Department of Livestock, Ministry of Agriculture & Forests. It is the national focal agency for all matters related to animal health and also functions as the focal agency for referral of laboratory samples to the regional and world reference laboratories.

The centre coordinates all national level animal health programs in collaboration with the four RLDCs and the Dzongkhags. The four major units at NCAH are: Laboratory Services Unit (LSU), Disease Prevention and Control Unit (DPCU), Drugs Vaccines and Equipment Unit (DVEU) and Biological Production Unit (BPU).