Cattle
Promotion of biosecurity in primary production
In this course you will learn how to promote biosecurity in primary production.
First, we will look at biosecurity in general level: What is biosecurity? Why is biosecurity important? Each farm is unique, so it is also useful to know how disease risks are surveyed at farm level.
After the general section, you will learn: How are diseases transmitted? What are the most common transmission routes and the factors predisposing to their spread? You will learn what are the most relevant infectious diseases in cattle. You will also learn about zoonoses, i.e. infectious diseases that can be transmitted from animals to humans and vice versa.
After getting acquainted with infectious diseases, we focus on biosecurity on the farm. Biosecurity is divided into two parts: external and internal biosecurity. This section provides practical guidance on how we can change our daily routines/practises to strengthen biosecurity.
We hope you enjoy the learning material and get tools for disease control!
Table of contents:
Biosecurity
- Why is biosecurity important?
- Principles of biosecurity?
- Assessment of the level of biosecurity on the farm
Infectious diseases
- How are diseases transmitted?
- Predisposing factors for the spread of infectious diseases
- Bacteria: Salmonella, Mycoplasma bovis, mastitis pathogens
- Viruses: Coronavirus/viral diarrhoea, RS virus, rotavirus
- Protozoa, parasites and fungi: cryptosporidiosis, Neospora caninum, ringworm
- Zoonoses
External biosecurity
- 1. Animal transport and other vehicle traffic: animal traffic, health certificate, purchase of animal material from abroad, loading, vehicle traffic, quarantine, manure removal, animal exhibitions, pasture contacts
- 2. Feed and water: purchase of feed, storage of feed/bedding
- 3. People: hygiene lock, hand washing, equipment of the farm, farm workers
- 4. Contacts abroad
- 5. Other domestic and pest animals: planned and proactive control of pest animals, other domestic animals
Internal biosecurity (importance of internal biosecurity, epidemiological unit)
- 6. Infection risk management: good hygiene, compartmentalization, washing and disinfection, treatment of a sick animal, euthanasia, storage and disposal of carcasses, calving, milking hygiene
- 7. Increasing immunity: newborn calf
- 8. Disease surveillance: cause of the disease, samples, to whom you report the infectious disease, confirmed animal disease
- 9. Health care: common goals of health care, storage and use of medicines
- 10. Attitude, motivation and cooperation
Biosecurity in a nutshell
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