The Prevent Section
Learn about the possibilities for preventing livestock diseases from entering or exiting your property, and how to talk with your employees and visitors about following your biosecurity lead. Read more here.
The Detect Section
How to look for signs and symptoms (surveillance) of disease, when to call a vet, getting lab tests and how to interpret the results. And on a larger scale, what could happen in the case of a foreign animal disease incursion or widespread domestic disease outbreaks. Recommendations for communicating about a known disease and heading off a crisis can be found in here. Read more here.
The Respond Section
Covers topics around disease containment, eradication and recovery from an outbreak. How you react and talk about a crisis is especially important during these events; advice on talking to employees and the public will be beneficial to know if the need ever arises. Read more here.
Create a Plan
Large farm, homestead or backyard: no matter how many animals you keep, planning ahead is the best strategy for protecting them from diseases and pests. There are many benefits to organizing important information in case of an emergency, but a biosecurity plan helps everyone involved know what the daily, monthly and yearly procedures are. This site offers resources to help you build, save and continually improve upon a biosecurity plan. Read more here.
Livestock
Specific recommendations for several farm animals can be found here, and links for information on livestock diseases. Read more here.
Training
Anyone who works on a farm has the potential to bring pests and diseases with them, or carry them away to another farm. This section contains training resources on biosecurity topics, curricula for teachers, videos, storytelling and more. Read more here.
HFHA Blog
Hot topics in biosecurity, timely articles, news and announcements are posted in this section regularly. Guest bloggers share their expertise here as well. Read more here.