General - Biosecurity Flashcards
Name of the inspection agency that puts together guidelines for each livestock sector
CFIA - Canadian Food Inspection Agency
CFIA does what?
- Makes recommendations
- Educates industries about biosecurity
- Presents approach to design farm-based biosecurity plans
National Standard for Biosecurity are specifically designed for what? Why?
Each livestock sector because management practices, risks, and requirements are sector specific
How is Dairy Biosecurity challenged?
Not an “all-in” or “all-out” system like poultry or swine or aquaculture
Effects of Adherence to Recommendations from the CFIA
- Reduce Disease Incidence & Production Related Losses
- Reduce risk of Zoonosis
- Decrease AMR and usage of AGPs
Biosecurity
Set of management practices designed to prevent introduction and spread of disease and to maximize disease resistance (through vaccination, nutrition, environmental enrichment)
3 Characteristics of Good Biosecurity Plan
Proactive in reducing risk of disease
Positive effect on health, welfare, and productivity
Reduce AMR and risk of zoonosis
9 Reasons why are National Biosecurity Standards Needed
- Emergence of new disease
- Greater attention to zoonosis
- Greater attention to traceability
- Greater focus on prevention > treatment
- Intensive farming changing disease epidemiology
- Globalized movement of people and goods
- Novel production practices in Agriculture
- Ensures consumer Confidence
- Value Added Products
10 Benefits of Biosecurity Plan
Improve animal health and welfare
Improve consumer confidence
Improve herd value
Decrease costs associated with disease
Decrease antibiotic usage and AMR
Decrease farm income losses
Provide safe products to consumers
Control endemic disease
Keep out emerging diseases
Maintain and access new markets for genetics
Endemic Disease
Infectious diseases that are consistently persistent in population leading to production losses and premature culling from population
3 Key Actions of Biosecurity Plan
Exclude - New pathogen entry (emerging)
Manage - Spread within farm (endemic)
Contain - Spread between farms (emerging and endemic)
Name 6 Elements of Good Biosecurity Team
Vet
Barn Manager
Farm Hands
Nutritionist
Extension Specialist
Architect
8 Factors Developing Farm-Level Biosecurity Plan
- Conduct risk assessment for disease
- Establish producer production and health goals
- Diagram farm layout
- Assign risk levels to areas of farm
- Identify areas of concern
- Determine risk tolerance/intolerance
- Outline methods for prevention and control
- Adopt farm biosecurity plan
Farm biosecurity plan should be _ and open to new scientific _ and _
flexible, knowledge, technologies
2 Types of Biosecurity Zones
Controlled Access Zone
Restricted Access Zone
Restricted Access Zone is considered _ risk zone, this zone is made up of _ _, _, and _ _
High
Animal Housing, Pasture, Manure Storage
Controlled Access Zone is considered _ risk than _, this zone is made up of _ _, _ area, and _ _
Lower
RAZ
Storage Shed
Deadstock
Visitor Parking
Transition Points for CAZ
Entrance from where?
House, Road, Parking
Transition Points for RAZ
Entrance from where?
Milk house, Loading Chute
National Standards Focus on 4 Biosecurity Control Areas
Animal Health Management
Animal Additions & Movement
Premises Management and Sanitation
Personnel, Visitor, Vehicles, Equipment
