Biosecurity

Question 1

What is biosecurity?

Answer 1

Measures taken to
prevent the
introduction or spread
of (infectious/parasitic)
disease

Question 2

3 main ways of managing disease

Answer 2

1. Biosecurity, preventing disease entry
2. Reduce disease challenge
3. Improve animals resistance

Question 3

how to reduce disease challenge?

Answer 3

1. Management
   a. Hygiene,
   b. Ventilation
   c. stocking rates
2. Test and cull infected animals
3. Drug treatments:- antibiotics/anthelmintics

Question 4

how to improve animal resistance?

Answer 4

1. Vaccinate
2. Management
   a. Improve nutrition
   b. Reduce stress
   c. Reduce concurrent disease
3. Breeding (genetics)

Question 5

OIE 6 principles?

Answer 5

1.Transparency
2.Scientific information
3.International solidarity
4.Sanitary safety
5.Promotion of veterinary services
6.Food safety + animals welfare

Question 6

OIE notifiable disease - what must countries inform?

Answer 6

Countries must inform OIE:
* First occurrence of a notifiable disease
* Reoccurrence of a notifiable disease
* New strain of a notifiable disease
* Change in morbidity or mortality patterns
* Change in epidemiology
* New emerging diseases

Question 7

How is disease brought onto a farm? (Animals)

Answer 7

• Farm Animals
  – Bought in
  – Grazing
  – Contact with
  neighbouring stock
  – Escapees
• Vectors
  – Midges (Blue Tongue
  Schmallenberg)
  – Ticks
• Wildlife – Badgers, birds, stray
  animals (TB, salmonella,
  campylobacter)
• Farm Pets
  – GID -Taenia Multiceps-dogs
  – Toxoplasmosis- Cats

Question 8

How is disease brought into a farm? (people)

Answer 8

-Carry on fomites
(faeces, blood, pus snot)
* Vets
* Foot trimmers
* Shearers
* AI
* Other farmers

Question 9

Biosecurity measures?

Answer 9

• Animal movements
• Source of animals
• Quarantine
• Testing (clinical, laboratory tests)
• Treat animals
• Biosecurity measures
  – People
  – Vehicles
  – Equipment
• Other risks
  – Manure spreading
  – Water sources
  – Feed sources