Biosecurity for the Livestock Enterprise

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Biosecurity for the Livestock Enterprise
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Biosecurity Disease Prevention

• Management practices to protect health of
  livestock herd
• Prevent introduction of pathogen and poison
• Establishment of barriers
• Minimize movement of biological organisms

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Isolation
Purchase of new animals is most common
biosecurity risk factor

• Limit contact and co-mingling of animals
• Inspect, screen and quarantine new and returning
  animals
• Healthy looking animals can harbor/shed
  infectious agents
• Use of common or un-clean equipment negates
  isolation

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Traffic Control

• What are points of entry?
• Vehicles
• Farm Equipment
• Other animals

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Traffic Control

• People
• Employees
• Visitors
• Previous travel stops
• Foreign travel
• Prevention
• Footbaths
• Disposable boots
• Change of clothes

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Sanitation

• Disinfection of things entering ranch
• People
• Animals
• Equipment
• Maintenance of cleanliness of people and equipment

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Sanitation

• Need to consider the prior stops of deliveries
• Fuel
• Feed
• Livestock trucks
• Where do the vehicles go?
• What is the level of cleanliness/disinfection

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Sanitation

• People
• Transfer of pathogens on shoes, clothes
• Equipment
• Dont use same equipment for feed and manure
• Clean equipment after potential contamination
• Clean facilities between groups of animals
• Clean environment for working
• Reduce transfer of pathogens

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Biosecurity Enterprise Security

• Protection of the livestock enterprise from
  external pressures whos goals are to
• Alter management practices
• Free the animals
• Destroy facilities and equipment
• Stop modern agriculture practices
• Bring harm to individuals associated with ag
  enterprises
• Agroterrorism
• PETA, ALF, ELF, Greenpeace, foreign countries

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Biosecurity Enterprise Security

• Isolation, Traffic Control, Sanitation
• Employee Screening
• Employee Training
• Assessment of Situation
• People, Animals, Material
• Vigilance to Security Measures
• Florida is a Sentinel State

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Assess security risks

• Look at the ranch from the outside
• Where is it vulnerable
• What security measures are in place
• People/Employees are first line of active defense
• Discovery and mitigation starts at the ranch
  you are the 1st responder
• Cooperate Coordinate with local law enforcement
• If it doesnt look right question it

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Why have a biosecurity plan

• To prevent economic loss caused by production
  loess
• To prevent theft of animals, machinery, or
  equipment
• To protect wholesome image of livestock ag and
  protect market access
• Prevent or minimize an interruption in cash flow
• Create awareness of potential harm from
  individuals and begin prevention

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For Additional Information or Training

• Dr. Matt Hersom
• Extension Beef Cattle Specialist
• Dept of Animal Sciences
• 352-392-2390
• hersom_at_ufl.edu