Biosecurity

What Is Farm-Level Animal Biosecurity? The focus of this guide is farm-level biosecurity, although it is recognized that biosecurity interventions are necessary along the continuum of production systems at all levels regional, national, and international. Farm-level biosecurity is a series of management practices designed to reduce the introduction of disease and pests onto a farm (bioexclusion) and to minimize their spread within a farm and beyond (biocontainment). Disease a...nd pests can reduce productivity, affect farm incomes and animal welfare, increase veterinary and labour costs, reduce the value of farmland, close export markets, affect domestic consumption, and reduce prices that producers receive for their animals and products. In addition to adverse effects on the agricultural economy, there can be negative effects on the environment and human health. For more free information please visit www.biosecuritycanada.com

Why Is Animal Biosecurity Important? Maintenance of the highest possible animal health status is vital to the sustainability and profitability of the Canadian agricultural sector. Access to premium markets will increasingly depend on our ability to demonstrate freedom from serious animal diseases and pests. Biosecurity standards will play an increasing role in meeting processor requirements, in quality assurance programs, and in retaining market access and competitiveness. Th...ere is a growing trend to ensure health certification as an indicator of quality assurance and biosecurity in purchasing and moving live animals. Consumers today are more educated and engaged in welfare and biosecurity issues in the production of animals, demanding the highest quality of production practices in the agricultural community. Foreign animal diseases (FADs) and production level diseases commonly found in parts of Canada can spread from farm to farm and result in animal sickness, death, and economic loss. The best defence against disease is to implement sound biosecurity practices at the farm level. An effective biosecurity plan can help to accomplish the following: improve or maintain animal health, welfare and productivity; reduce the risk of the introduction and spread of endemic and foreign diseases; minimize the potential for costs and revenue losses; protect human health; protect the ability to move animals; protect service industries (e.g. feed suppliers); protect export markets; and assist in domestic marketing. For more free information on biosecurity please visit www.biosecuritycanada.com

What Is Farm-Level Animal Biosecurity? The focus of this guide is farm-level biosecurity, although it is recognized that biosecurity interventions are necessary along the continuum of production systems at all levels regional, national, and international. Farm-level biosecurity is a series of management practices designed to reduce the introduction of disease and pests onto a farm (bioexclusion) and to minimize their spread within a farm and beyond (biocontainment). Disease a...nd pests can reduce productivity, affect farm incomes and animal welfare, increase veterinary and labour costs, reduce the value of farmland, close export markets, affect domestic consumption, and reduce prices that producers receive for their animals and products. In addition to adverse effects on the agricultural economy, there can be negative effects on the environment and human health. For more free information please visit www.biosecuritycanada.com

Why Is Animal Biosecurity Important? Maintenance of the highest possible animal health status is vital to the sustainability and profitability of the Canadian agricultural sector. Access to premium markets will increasingly depend on our ability to demonstrate freedom from serious animal diseases and pests. Biosecurity standards will play an increasing role in meeting processor requirements, in quality assurance programs, and in retaining market access and competitiveness. Th...ere is a growing trend to ensure health certification as an indicator of quality assurance and biosecurity in purchasing and moving live animals. Consumers today are more educated and engaged in welfare and biosecurity issues in the production of animals, demanding the highest quality of production practices in the agricultural community. Foreign animal diseases (FADs) and production level diseases commonly found in parts of Canada can spread from farm to farm and result in animal sickness, death, and economic loss. The best defence against disease is to implement sound biosecurity practices at the farm level. An effective biosecurity plan can help to accomplish the following: improve or maintain animal health, welfare and productivity; reduce the risk of the introduction and spread of endemic and foreign diseases; minimize the potential for costs and revenue losses; protect human health; protect the ability to move animals; protect service industries (e.g. feed suppliers); protect export markets; and assist in domestic marketing. For more free information on biosecurity please visit www.biosecuritycanada.com