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Disease control and Management
- Managing disease risk is an important component for livestock operations. Whether it is part of everyday activities or in the event of an outbreak, awareness of common biosecurity, or biological risk management, protocols are essential to those interacting with animal facilities.
- Managing disease risk must be done on a daily basis to ensure the health of livestock and livestock producers.
- However, there are specific prevention steps for certain diseases, and control practices relate to how the disease is actually spread.
- The five routes of transmission will be further explained but include aerosol, direct contact, fomites, oral and vectors. There are commonalities in disease prevention, but some diseases will require additional specific responses to prevent and control spread.
- Heightened biosecurity will be needed during an animal health event and afterwards to minimize or eliminate disease spread.
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