Animal Diseases
T or F: Healthy-looking animals can sometimes still carry disease.
True
Which disease affects both wild birds and domestic poultry and can spread rapidly?
HPAI
Keeping animals separated until it's safe for them to join others.
What is quarantine?
Specialized gear or clothing worn to minimize exposure to hazards that cause injuries, illnesses, or infections.
PPE
The best biosecurity practice in everyday life.
What is hand washing?
What do you call a high-consequence transboundary diseases not currently present in the US.
Foreign Animal Diseases (FADs)
Which invasive wildlife species is a major concern because it can spread diseases like African swine fever and pseudorabies to domestic pigs?
Feral Swine
Which animal behavior is most likely to cause injury?
Flight response
Person that is involved when an outbreak becomes zoonotic.
What is Public Health Official
The measures, policies, and practices designed to protect people, animals, and plants from harmful biological agents, such as viruses, bacteria, and invasive species
What is biosecurity
What is the term for an object, such as a feed bucket or halter, that can spread disease?
A fomite
What disease can be spread through the saliva of infected bats, skunks, foxes, and raccoons?
Rabies
What should visitors wear when entering your facilities.
What is proper PPE (Boot covers & Coveralls)
What is the difference between direct and indirect disease transmission?
Direct transmission occurs through animal-to-animal contact; indirect transmission occurs through contaminated objects, people, or the environment.
What is the most common way wildlife spreads disease to livestock?
Indirect contact
What should you do after receiving a new animal?
What is isolate/quarantine for 30 days.
Explain the difference between cleaning and disinfecting.
Cleaning removes dirt and organic material; disinfecting kills or inactivates disease-causing organisms after cleaning.
A severe, often fatal bacterial disease caused by Bacillus anthracis, primarily affecting cattle and sheep.
Anthrax
What is the biggest wildlife biosecurity risk after a flood?
Contaminated water
What does biosecurity help secure for producers, transporters, veterinarians, packers, and regulatory officials.
What is continuity of business.
What are the 5 key principles of biosecurity?
1. Control Animal Movement
2. Clean and Disinfect
3. Surveillance
4. Traceability and Records
5. Prepare and Respond