Farm Health Planning

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FARM HEALTH PLANNING Catherine Harrold AHDA
Conference, 18th January 06
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Don Currys Report(Farming Food A Sustainable
Future)

• In view of Englands abysmal animal health
  record, Defra and industry need a comprehensive
  animal health strategy
• Efficient and profitable production of livestock
  depends on healthy animals
• Good livestock husbandry allows animals immune
  systems to develop and reduces the likelihood of
  diseases spreading

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The Animal Health and Welfare Strategy
An overarching strategy covering all our animal
health welfare policies
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Animal Health Welfare
Developed in consultation
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Working in Partnership!All must accept personal
responsibility for making this work!Responsible
Use of Medicines in Agriculture (RUMA)Zoonoses
Action Plan
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Target

• Improve the health welfare of kept animals and
  protect society from the impact of animal
  diseases, through sharing the management of risk
  with industry
• 90 of livestock holdings will have an auditable
  farm health plan by 2014

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What is Farm Health Planning?

• Proactive
• Practical
• Knows the risks and acts on them
• Spots disease early if it does arrive
• Documented
• Alive!

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Partnership approach

• We are
• Working in partnership with industry in pursuing
  the initiatives on farm health planning
• Helping generate a partnership foundation within
  the industry to support more widespread use of
  farm health planning

How?
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Working Groups Led by Industry Sectors

• Working on finding the barriers and challenges to
  farm health planning
• Developing a set of the key components and
  over-arching principles for farm health planning
• Drawing up sector specific templates for health
  planning and developing an information campaign
  to spread messages.

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How to stay in contact with us

• Website www.defra.gov.uk
• Email animalhealthactionplan_at_defra.gsi.gov.uk