Title: Explain biosecurity as it relates to livestock production.
Course: Livestock Production Management (18301-II) > Section: Raising and Managing Livestock

Explanation should include

- defining biosecurity, bioterrorism, agroterrorism, agrosecurity, and foreign animal disease
- transportation methods and regulations
- facilities
- record-keeping
- disease traceability
- quarantine
- human health and safety
- trade restrictions.

Teacher Resources:

- Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), U.S. Department of Agriculture
- Bovine Influenza A Virus (BIAV)-Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A (HPAI) in Cattle, Virginia Cooperative Extension
- S. Swine Health Improvement Plan: Background, Benefits, and How to Enroll, Virginia Cooperative Extension
- Biosecurity for Sheep and Goat Producers, APHIS, U.S. Department of Agriculture

Process/Skill Questions:

- How can disease and infection be traced?
- What precautions should be taken to prevent disease outbreaks in livestock?
- What biosecurity measures are taken on the state and national levels to prevent diseases from entering individual states and the country?
- What is the role of APHIS?