Practical Disease Prevention Tools for Veterinarians and Animal Producers

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Practical Disease Prevention Tools for
Veterinarians and Animal Producers

• Danelle Bickett-Weddle, DVM, MPH
• Associate Director, CFSPH

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Biological Risk Management (BRM)

• Overall process of awareness education,
  evaluation, and management
• Designed to improve disease control
• Foreign and domestic diseases
• Provide tools to minimize risk

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Biological Risk Management (BRM)

• Disease risk cannot be totally eliminated
• Animal, its environment
• Decrease exposure to disease agents
• Minimize threat to
• animals and humans
• No one-size-fits-all answer

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Resources for Conducting a BRM Livestock
Facility Assessment
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BRM Toolbox

• Materials to help manage disease risk
• Background information, assessment questions,
  additional resources
• Beef, dairy, equine
• General management practices
• Routes of transmission

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BRM Toolbox

• Stationary, Mobile Veterinary Clinic
• Same resources available
• Visit poster 5 for more details

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www.cfsph.iastate.edu/BRM
Funding provided by the CDC to CFSPH
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www.cfsph.iastate.edu/BRM
Funding provided by the USDA RMA to CFSPH
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Register for Database

• Contact info
• Appears on all reports
• Series of questions to ensure proper use
• Acceptance in less than 24 hours
• Free

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BRM Database

• Pre-Assessment Questionnaire
• Gain insight
• Guide on-farm assessment

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BRM Database

• Assessment
• Select and print questions
• Take to field and gather data
• Yes, no, maybe responses
• Area to write in comments

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Risk Assessment

• Routes of Transmission

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Routes of Transmission

• Apply to all infectious agents
• Animal must be exposed to develop disease
• Understand different routes of transmission
  Gain control
• Risk areas must be identified
• Design protocols to minimize exposure

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Routes of Transmission

• Spread of disease agents
• Animal animal
• Animal human
• Different routes of transmission
• Aerosol
• Direct contact
• Fomite

• Oral
• Vector-borne
• Zoonotic

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BRM Toolbox

• Responses generate report
• Identify opportunities for improvement
• Highlights prevention practices
• Communicate informationto stakeholders
• Design management plan together
• Continued assessments to chart progress

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BRM System Requirements

• Computer with Internet connection
• Dial-up or high speed
• Printer for assessments, reports
• Color or black/white
• No software purchase required
• Adobe Acrobat Reader for handouts
• Download from CFSPH website free

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BRM Database Security

• CFSPH owns the server
• Daily backups with off-site storage
• Off-site computer experts
• Encryption
• National Security Admin technology
• Forget your password?
• Reset as this information is not stored

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Risk Communication

• Risk assessment designed to be all-inclusive
  communication tool
• Feedback provided rapidly
• Expedites awareness process
• Supplemental material for producers

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BRM Supplemental Materials

• Handouts
• Checklists
• Prevention information
• Routes
• English Spanish

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BRM Supplemental Materials

• Signage
• English, Spanish

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BRM Supplemental Materials

• Disinfectant resources
• Disinfection 101
• Reading disinfectant labels
• Various charts

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Additional Resources

• 129 diseasefact sheets
• 52 Ppts
• Speaker notes
• 60 1-page zoonotic Fast Facts
• 70 Diseases with images

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Questions?

• www.cfsph.iastate.edu/BRM
• brm_at_iastate.edu
• 515-294-7189
• CFSPH
• Iowa State University, College of Veterinary
  Medicine
• Ames, IA 50011