Biosecurity Facility Design, and Management (1 Hr PDH)

This course goes over three big potential routes for pathogen introduction onto a farm. The first is wild animals and insects, the second being the transportation of feed into the facility, and finally the removal of deadstock from the farm. For all of these things, we have to assess the risk and calculate the cost of a disease outbreak and the likelihood that an outbreak could occur. The cost of intervention for these items is high, so creating an effective plan requires us to optimize cost versus risk for the productive system.