Hazard - stray animals; un-informed; un-thinking

1. Fences / Barriers
   Panels or chain link - ?small enough openings to contain escaping animals
2. Signs
   "Stop! Biosecure Area; Restricted Entry; Contact Farm Manager or Call XXXX for entry permission"

Hazard - manure on footwear and tires; disease transfer from animals to human

1. Signs directing to office prior to entrance (see perimeter)
2. Parking area
3. Entry point to animals
   Boot brush / Boot Bath - at least available for special times
   Footwear covers
4. Screening of visitors
   Foreign travel in last 14 days? Clinician permission before entry
   Foot wear to other farms? Footlets or boot bath
   Need to handle animals? Clean clothes or clean coveralls
   Caution for toddlers and children for their safety
   Students - boot and coverall policy
5. Children NOT pet animals
   Signs
   Standard letter to go from Office to Teacher, prior to visit
   Protect feet; provide handwashing
6. Students - boot and coverall policy
   Use boot bath on entry and leaving
   Wear clean coveralls each time
7. Equipment / Facilities
   boot brush / bath
   disposable boots or foot covers
   clean coveralls / clothes to handle animals
   hand washing site and shoe cleaning area for children

Hazard - manure on footwear, vehicles, clothes;

1. Farm-specific boots, coveralls
   Will be provided by farm for employees
2. Boot bath and clean coveralls if to other farm - or prefer they change
3. Vehicle traffic from farm to farm (tractor, truck, trailer)
   Wash tires if go through manure
   Wash vehicle if haul manure or animals

1. Boot brush site
2. Water and Brush
3. Brush off boots then stand in pan of disinfectant and brush off boots, change often

Hazards - disease carried but not evident, even with testing

- stray, purchased, brought-in, boarding

1. Isolation 21-30 days - observe for illness; test
   AI cows, etc. - only exit is culling (NOT to be put into farm herds or flocks)
2. Clean vehicle used for hauling
3. Test for specific diseases - Clinicians
4. Herd of origin status / testing - Clinicians

Hazards - BSE, Salmonella, E. coli, Neospora, Toxoplasmosis

1. Keep dogs/cats out of feed and feed mangers (bird control)
2. Use NO feed with ruminant protein; document protein supplement used
3. Clean out water troughs often - scheduled

Hazard - manure on tires, in trailer

1. Fence / Barrier to keep most vehicles in parking area and out of animal area
2. Specific loading/unloading area - at isolation pen area, etc.
3. Clean tires before entry/departure - if manure contaminated
4. Bedding in trailer - clean out to safe place; wash

Hazard - manure to feed / mouth

1. Separate tractor bucket to move feed than to move manure or wash off often wash off tires after scraping manure, before using in feed
2. Apply manure to ground for plowing or compost it
   Develop compost area and methods on blacktop
3. Clean manure off boots and tires before entry to animal or feed areas
   Employees, students, faculty, visitors; wear footwear covers
4. Don't walk or drive in feed areas