Livestock Biosecurity
Version 2.4 Created 3/18/03 Last Updated 09/26/11
The purpose of this webpage is to provide links to livestock biosecurity materials for consideration by veterinary students, livestock producers, primarily of cattle, and their veterinarians. This webpage is not intended to provide herd-specific advice and may not reflect the current state of the veterinary literature or on-line materials. I have not verified the accuracy and usefulness of these on-line materials so you must use your own judgment or, if you are not qualified to evaluate these materials, please discuss them with someone who is qualified to do so and who is familiar with your operation and the risk situation in your herd. Please let me know if you find useful materials that I have overlooked or if I have made any errors.
On-Line Livestock Biosecurity Documents - General:
BAMN (Bovine Alliance on Management and Nutrition) - NAHMS Dairy
- A Guide to Colostrum and Colostrum Management for Dairy Calves (pdf)
- An Introduction to Infectious Disease Control on Farms (Biosecurity) (pdf, Alberta Cattle Feeders html)
- Biosecurity on Dairies (pdf)
- Biosecurity of Dairy Farm Feedstuffs (pdf)
Biosecurity on Dairies - Are we doing enough? (M Collins, WI, Johnes Information Center > Handouts > pdf)
Biosecurity: What Does it Mean? (G Ollis, M MacLean, WCDS > 2003 Proceedings > pdf)
Focus on Agriculture and Food Terrorism (Agrichemical and Environmental News, Special Issue 187 11/01)
HACCP:
- Developing a HACCP Program (Mary Falk, MilkProduction.com, 4/12/06)
- On farm HACCP for milk production (Peter Wareing, MilkProduction.com, 4/12/06)
On-Line Livestock Risk Assessment Documents:
ILSI - International Life Sciences Institute > publications
- A simple guide to understanding and applying the hazard analysis critical control point concept, 2004 (ISBN: 1-57881-179-1, pdf)
Biosecurity Authority MAF - Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (New Zealand)
- Foot and Mount Disease
- Risk Analyses
- Determination of the acceptable risk of introduction of FMD virus in passenger luggage following the UK outbreak in 2001 (pdf)
- Foot-and-mouth disease: an assessment of the risks facing New Zealand (HJ Pharo, (New Zealand Vet J 50(2), 46-55 pdf)
- Imported Seropositive Animals: Assurance provided by serological tests (ISBN 0-478-07981-8, July, 1999, pdf)
On-Line Livestock Biosecurity Websites & Documents - National, International:
Biosecurity updates from the AVMA (index)
Canadian Food Inspection Agency
Protecting the Security of the Food Supply (Canadian Food Inspection Agency)
CFSPH - Center for Food Security & Public Health (Iowa State U)
CIDRAP - Center for Infectious Disease Research & Policy (M Osterholm, U Minn - huge site!)
- Overview of Agricultural Biosecurity
- Selected Readings (many full text)
- Links
FAO - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Biosecurity in food and agriculture (16th session, 2001, 17th session, 2003)
- Toward Biosecurity (Agriculture 21, 2001 Spotlight)
FAZD Center - National Center for Foreign Animal and Zoonotic Disease Defense (Texas A&M, UC Davis)
EIDNet - Emerging Infectious Disease Network - HRI - Humanitarian Resource Institute
- Biodefense Reference Library
- Foot & Mouth Disease Reference Library
DAFF - Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
Publications for Biosecurity Australia
National Biosecurity Resource Center for Animal Health Emergencies (Purdue Homeland Security Institute)
NIAA - National Institute of Animal Agriculture
- Disease reports in last 18 months (index)
- Manual of Diagnostic Tests and Vaccines for Terrestrial Animals
- Foot and Mouth Disease
TFAH - Trust for America's Health
- Emerging Infectious Diseases
- Germs Go Global: Why Emerging Infectious Diseases Are a Threat to America (to be released)
The Center for Food Security and Public Health - Iowa State University
- Biological Risk Management (BRM)
USAHA - United States Animal Health Association
United States Government:
- Ensuring the Safety and Security of the Nation's Food Supply (html)
- Food Safety and Terrorism (index)
Gateway to Government Food Safety Information - Countering Bioterrorism and Other Threats to the Food Supply (index)
Homeland Security (US DHS)
USDA
- Homeland Security
- Pre-Harvest Security Guidelines and Checklist 2006 (pdf)
- NAHEMS - National Animal Health Emergency Management System
- Veterinary Services - site map
- Responding to the Threat of Agroterrorism: Specific Recommendations for the USDA, 2000 (A Kohnen, pdf)
National Agricultural Library - Animal Welfare Information Center
Bioterrorism - Information Resources on Biosecurity, Bioterror, and the Threat to Agriculture, 2001
US Department of State Counterterrorism Office
On-Line Livestock Biosecurity Websites & Documents - State:
2006 WCABP Presentation (pdf)
California
- Biosecurity and California Dairies (pdf)
- Biosecurity for the Dairy (UC Davis Veterinary Extension, html)
- Selection and Use of Surface Disinfectants (CDFA, pdf)
Iowa
- CFSPH - Center for Food Security and Public Health
Illinois Biosecurity and Livestock Diseases
Kansas
Massachusetts
Nebraska
Farm & Ranch Biosecurity (GPVEC - video / audio)
Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources
- Agroterrorism Resources
- Foot and mouth disease
- Biosecurity Basics for Cattle Operations and Good Management Practices (GMP) for Controlling Infectious Diseases (G00-1411-A)
- Checklist (Addendum to G01-1411-A, pdf)
- Biosecurity Principles for Livestock Producers (G01-1442-A)
- Selection and Use of Disinfectants (G00-1410-A)
the BIOSECURITY page (files and links - D Griffin, GPVEC)
New Mexico
- Biosecurity on the Beef and Dairy Operation (Guide B-121, pdf)
NYSCHAP - New York State Cattle Health Assurance Program
- Test Your Farm's Biosecurity (pdf)
Ohio
Disaster Information - Food Security (Ohio State College of Ag index)
- Biosecurity for Youth Livestock Exhibitors (W Shulaw, G Bowman, pdf)
- Biosecurity Fundamentals for Extension Personnel (G Bowman, W Shulaw, pdf)
- Disinfection in On-Farm Biosecurity Procedures (W Shulaw, G Bowman, pdf)
- On Farm Biosecurity: Traffic Control and Sanitation (W Shulaw, G Bowman, pdf)
Oklahoma
- Biosecurity in the Beef Cattle Operation (J Kirkpatrick, G Selk, Oklahoma State, F-3281 pdf)
Ontario
- Biosecurity: Health Protection and Sanitation Strategies for Cattle and General Guidelines for Other Livestock (Factsheet 05-033)
Pennsylvania - Biosecurity Resources (Penn State Vet Science Outreach)
Vermont
- Health Farms - Health Agriculture (index)
Wisconsin
- Biosecurity for Dairy Farms (Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board)
On-line Livestock Identification Documents
Livestock Identification - Montana - Montana Beef Network
NCBA - Animal ID
- Government Affairs Center - Animal Identification
TAHC - Texas Animal Health Commission
- Animal & Premises ID Fact Sheet (2005, pdf)
- Setting the Record Straight: Premises Identification & Animal ID (2006, pdf)
Blogs:
USDA
- Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE index)
- Risk Analysis for Importation of Classical Swine Fever (index)
Avian Influenza
- Links & Resources
- presentation (pdf)
Bovine Paratuberculosis
- Bovine Paratuberculosis (Johne's Disease) Information Sources
Foot & Mouth Disease
- Foot and mouth disease (AVIS)
- Potential Impact of Foot-and-Mouth Disease in California: The role and contribution of animal health surveillance and monitoring services
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General Biosecurity & Bioterrorism Sources - Press
Biosecurity Measures for Preventing Bioterrorism (M Barletta, Center for Nonproliferation Studies, Monterey Inst, pdf)
Trade Press:
- Bioterrorism Rules Will Affect Hay Growers (FDA) - Bioterrorism Act of 2002
- Critical Control Points (Beef, 2/15/05)
- Experts predict next epidemic will start in animals (USA Today 10/21/08)
Bushmeat - meat from wild animals crossing international borders illegally - wiki
- Illegal Bushmeat Trade Rife in Europe, Research Finds (ScienceDaily, 6/18/10)
- "Our results estimate that around 270 tonnes of potentially contaminated illegal bushmeat is passing unchecked through a single European airport per year"
- "Our results show that this is a lucrative, organised trade feeding into a luxury market; a 4kg monkey will cost around €100 in France, compared with just €5 in Cameroon"
- "Importing bushmeat is relatively easy as customs officials are given no financial incentives to uncover illegal meat imports, compared with the bonuses they're awarded for drug and counterfeit seizures. Also, penalties are very low for people caught carrying illegal meat."
- Bushmeat on the Menu (Science News 2/05)
- The Bushmeat Trade (UK Parliament 2/05, pdf)
- The cost of bushmeat (BBC 6/02)
The film "describes the trade as "globalised", with organized couriers distributing the meat to many European capitals, where it arrives without any customs or health checks. Estimates put the amount reaching London's Heathrow airport at up to 10 tonnes a day, often in appalling condition. The film says the imported meat could be carrying foot-and-mouth, anthrax, the Ebola virus, TB or cholera."
The Bushmeat Research Programme - Institute of Zoology, London
Poultry smuggling is real — and dangerous (St. Louis Press Dispatch, 11/19/05)
Scientific Press (on-line):
- Karesh WB, Cook RA, Bennett EL, Newcomb J (2005). Wildlife trade and global disease emergence. Emerg Infect Dis 11(7): l000-2. html pdf
- Van Borm S, Thomas I, Hanquet G, Lambrecht B, Boschmans M, Dupont G, et al. (2005). Highly pathogenic H5N1 influenza virus in smuggled eagles, Belgium. Emerg Infect Dis 11(5):702-5. html pdf
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