title: Biosecurity and risk management for dairy replacements.
abstract: Biosecurity, biocontainment, and disease risk management on dairy replacement operations are time- and labor-intensive, planned programs. Oftentimes the value of these programs is realized only after disease is introduced to a facility or a disease outbreak occurs. There is no "one-plan-fits-all;" each plan must be tailored to meet the needs of management's goals and expectations and problems specific to a production enterprise or geographic region. A standard framework applicable to biosecurity programs includes: (1) hazard identification, (2) exposure assessment, (3) risk characterization, and (4) risk management. The discussion presented here helps lay the framework for development and implementation of biosecurity and risk-management programs within dairy replacement facilities.
authors.affiliation: Department of Infectious Diseases and Pathology, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, P.O. Box 110880, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA. maunsellf@vetmed.ufl.edu
authors.forename: Fiona
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Maunsell
authors.forename: G Arthur
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Donovan
mesh_terms: D000822:Animal Husbandry / Q000592:standards; D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D002418:Cattle Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000635:transmission; D003140:Communicable Disease Control; D003141:Communicable Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000635:transmission / Q000662:veterinary*; D003257:Consumer Product Safety; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D003612:Dairying / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000662:veterinary; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012307:Risk Factors; D012308:Risk Management