Biosecurity for all – normal practice or an after thought.

The ultimate consequence of failed biosecurity….

Hope you never have to experience this. Whilst biosecurity would not have stopped some of the consequences of this Foot & Mouth outbreak – it can help reduce the occurrence, frequency and consequences of many livestock and crop diseases.

1. Biosecurity 4 All

L.O.’s

• To consider what constitutes biosecurity
• Explain the risks of not planning biosecurity and the increasing importance of biosecurity
• To carry out a Biosecurity audit of your farm and analyse your results

Biosecurity is…

Biosecurity is preventive measures/ protocols designed  to reduce the risk of transmission of infectious diseases  in crops and livestock.

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Notifiable Diseases – in animals.

These are diseases that government must be notified about – some have ‘controlled by culling’ policies like foot and mouth. The list is not comprehensive: it does not include all such diseases.

• African swine fever:
• Anthrax
• Aujeszky’s disease
• Avian influenza (bird flu)
• BSE
• Bluetongue
• Bovine TB
• Brucellosis:
• Chronic wasting disease
• Classical swine fever

For full list go to Gov.uk – visit website now

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2. Biosecurity – what you can do?

L.O.’s

• To describe what we can do for biosecurity
• To list some biosecurity threats to your farm.
• To describe the biosecurity measures in place on your farm.

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3. Biosecurity – Rules + Health & Safety.

L.O.’s

• To describe the Health & Safety, relevant legislation and any additional requirements for biosecurity.

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