Biosecurity

Preventing and Responding to Disease Outbreak

Biosecurity protocols are very important to safeguard animal health, food safety, environment, and the economy. Everyone working with livestock and poultry needs to be properly trained on executing biosecurity procedures, and be reminded of the potential of disease outbreak. Please go to this website to access the information mentioned below:

https://biosecurity.missouri.edu/

New: USDA APHIS NADPRP Project: Enhancing On-Farm Biosecurity Outreach Education

We are excited that we have a newly funded project by USDA, which is for March 1, 2021 - February 28, 2023. Faculty members included Ray Massey, Joseph Zulovich, Corinne Bromfield, Craig Payne, and PI Teng Lim. University of Missouri Extension will develop a mobile educational trailer for biosecurity and emergency management outreach and demonstrate on-farm mortality composting. Project includes workshops and webinars to educate and motivate producers to improve biosecurity protocols; it expands on successful work developed by UM Extension, MO Dept of Agriculture and Department of Resources, USDA APHIS, and USDA Natural Resource Conservation Service.

Emergency Mortality Management Recommendations (Presentation of Herd Population Management Webinar, April 29, 2020)

A presentation reporting Missouri specific information, including landfills and wood mills, important agency contacts, and cost and practicality comparisons of the common management methods. Click here for the presentation file in pdf: Emergency Mortality Management Recommendations

Presentations from the 2019 Workshops

A collaborative team of MU Extension faculty has received funding from the North Central Extension Risk Management Education group, to offer five workshops in Missouri. The workshops were offered at five locations: Versailles-March 6, Springfield-March 8, Jackson-March 13, Kirksville-March 15, and St. Joseph-March 18, 2019.

During the workshops, attendees were provided with:

  • Booklet of the presentation files

  • A biosecurity checklist and important contacts, laminated

  • Whiteboard animation of the biosecurity checklist

  • USB jump-drive, which contains all the materials above

Presentation files from in the workshops include:

  1. Overview of Workshop and Resources (Teng Lim, University of Missouri)

  2. Detection, Quarantine, and Lessons Learned (MDA Animal Health Division)

  3. Mortality Management and Preparation in Advance (MO DNR)

  4. USDAs Role and Resources (USDA APHIS)

  5. Disease Identification and Turnaround Time (MU Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory)

  6. Economic Reasons to Improve and Maintain Biosecurity (Dr. Ray Massey, University of Missouri)

  7. Overview of Secure Supply Plans, and Tabletop Exercises (Drs. Payne/Bromfield, University of Missouri)

Presentations from the 2017 Workshops

The North Central Extension Risk Management Education group funded an Extension project to provide the biosecurity workshops in Missouri. Five workshops were conducted in Neosho, Buffalo, Jackson, Sedalia and Kirksville, Missouri. University of Missouri Extension agricultural engineers Teng Lim and Joe Zulovich put together the proposal and enjoyed a lot of support from Extension in Oklahoma and Minnesota, and Missouri Department of Agriculture Animal Health Division and Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Other important collaborators included USDA APHIS and NRCS.

Presentation files from in the workshops include:

  1. Overview of Workshop and Resources (Teng Lim, University of Missouri)

  2. Review and History of Major Disease Outbreaks (Dr. Corrine Bromfield, University of Missouri)

  3. Local Regulations and Options for Mortality Management (MO DNR)

  4. Detection and Quarantine, Who to Call, Procedures, and Resource (MDA Animal Health Division)

  5. Mortality Management Options during Disease Outbreak (Dr. Josh Payne, Oklahoma State University)

  6. Prevention: Biosecurity Training, Plans, and Execution (Dr. Kevin Janni, Univesity of Minnesota)

  7. Economic Reasons to Improve and Maintain Biosecurity (Dr. Ray Massey, University of Missouri)

Biosecurity Checklist and Important Contact Information

Every few months, employee(s) should revisit their biosecurity protocols and make changes if needed. A laminated checklist was made available for that purpose. It is good record keeping to save completed forms for follow-up, future reference, and inspections. Additional copies or electronic version of this form can be obtained by contacting MU Agricultural Engineering Extension, 573-882-0085. Click here to download the checklist and contacts: MU Biosecurity Checklist and Important Contacts

Whiteboard animation of the Biosecurity Checklist

This 1.5-minute Whiteboard animation video presents the Biosecurity checklist in a more lively illustration way, and can be used in future quick reminder or in-house training. Please feel free to download or use it as often as you want: MU Biosecurity Checklist Animation