Virginia Quarantine and Movement Control

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VirginiaQuarantine and Movement Control

• Quarantine Biosecurity Briefing Orientation VDACS
• Joel Flores DVM MS

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Authority for the participation and support of
law enforcement officers

• 3.1-738. Duty of officers to execute orders of
  Board or State Veterinarian.
• The Board, or State Veterinarian, shall have
  power to call upon any law-enforcement officer as
  defined in 9.1-101 to execute their orders, and
  such officers shall obey the orders of the Board
  or the State Veterinarian.
• (Code 1950, 3-579 1966, c. 702 1977, c. 395.)

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Quarantine and Movement Control

• Key Considerations
• Is there public health, animal health or
  economic justification to
• Stop, slow or limit the spread of disease
• Mitigate animal suffering and/or animal death
• Minimize impact to the economy and society.

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Factors to place Quarantine

• Authorized for animal and people 3.1-727.
• Imposed
• Only when potential benefits outweigh potential
  disruptions
• As a result of highly likely circumstances or
  laboratory confirmation of a Highly Contagious
  Disease or a Foreign Animal Disease
• Initially for an area six miles around infected
  premises
• For twice the incubation period from the time of
  the last diagnosis.
• The control area may affect the entire state and
  be reduced as the disease surveillance allows.
• May be affected by local, national, or
  international trade and politics.
• Does not need to be absolute to be effective

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Quarantine Authority

• 3.1-727. Duty of State Veterinarian when
  animals or poultry suspected of such disease.
• It shall be the duty of the State Veterinarian at
  any time, upon receipt of reliable information of
  the existence among domestic animals or poultry
  of the Commonwealth of any infectious or
  contagious disease, to go at once, or order an
  assistant veterinarian to go, to the place where
  such disease is alleged to exist for the purpose
  of making a careful examination of the animals or
  poultry believed to be affected with such
  disease, and ascertain, if possible, what, if
  any, disease exists, and whether the same is
  contagious or infectious. If a disease is found
  to be contagious or infectious, the State
  Veterinarian, or an assistant, may adopt and
  enforce such quarantine lines and regulations and
  shall enforce such cleaning and disinfection of
  premises, cars or vehicles, as may be deemed
  necessary to prevent the spread of such disease,
  which quarantine lines, and regulations, when so
  adopted, shall supersede any similar provisions
  made by the board of supervisors of any county
  under the provisions of Chapter 12 (
  15.1-503.410 et seq.) of Title 15.1.

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Highly Contagious Disease

• Includes examples such as
• Food and Mouth Disease
• Classical Swine Fever
• Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza
• Exotic Newcastle Disease.
• May impact the economy and/or public health
• May be introduced accidentally or intentionally

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Quarantine Movement Control

• The term Movement Control refers to activities
  to restrict and monitor the movement of people,
  animals, vehicles, equipment, and animal
  products such as food, litter and waste products
  as well as other materials.
• Also, involves the keeping of records on allowed
  movements as an important tool in the management
  and epidemiological investigation of a disease
  outbreak

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Quarantine Checkpoint Team

• Mans roadside checkpoints with Local Law
  Enforcement Officials.
• Ensures compliance with the permit system devised
  to allow the safe inter- and intrastate movement
  of animals, animals product, vehicle, equipment
  and other materials
• Monitors drivers entering these checkpoints

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Law Enforcement Role

• AT ROAD CHECKPOINTS
• Restrict access to and from premises or areas
• Maintain order
• Assist and protect checkpoint personnel,
  equipment, facilities and supplies.

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Quarantine Movement Control

• Restrictions placed on entering or leaving
  premises or regions where a case of communicable
  disease exist or is suspected
• Quarantine measures are put in place to prevent
  or mitigate the spread of disease pathogens
• Most effective methods for preventing the spread
  of agents causing highly contagious diseases

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Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza H5N1
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The Purpose of Quarantine Biosecurity

• Assisting in the eradication and control of
  disease during an animal health emergency or
  routine maintenance of livestock health.
• Promotes the prevention or minimizes the
  transmission of infectious diseases, parasites,
  and pests among livestock, poultry, wildlife and
  humans.

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BIOSECURITY RISK CLASIFICATION

• Low risk Owners, workers, and visitors that have
  no contact with livestock, poultry or animal
  premises.
• Medium risk Individuals with indirect animal
  contact, walking between animal housing or
  pasture.
• High risk Individuals with direct contact with
  animals and their secretions and excretions.
• IN THE EVENT OF AN OUT BREAK EVERYTHING WITHIN
  THE HOT ZONE WILL BE CONSIDERED HIGH RISK.

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BIOSECURITY ZONES

• Positive or hot zone
• No animal movement allowed in or out of zone.
• Buffer or quarantine zone
• Animal movement unidirectional only going out for
  slaughter with continuous surveillance.
• Free or negative zone
• Continuous surveillance initiated with no
  movement restrictions.

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Dayton, VA
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