Jim Miller – Louisiana State University

Unit Objective

After completion of this module of instruction the producer should be able to define biosecurity and distinguish between biosecurity programs and biocontainment programs. The producer should be bale to evaluate his/her goat operation as it relates to biosecurity risks and develop plans for keeping the goat herd free of diseases and healthy. The producer should be able to complete all assignments with 100% accuracy and score a minimum of 85% on the module test.

Specific Objectives

After completion of this instructional module the producer should be able to:

1. Distinguish between a biosecurity and biocontainment program.
2. State ways to prevent an animal from carrying disease into your goat herd.
3. State ways how stress affects the health of the goat.
4. Select factors to follow before taking your goats to a goat show.
5. Select factors to follow while your goats are at the show.
6. State reasons why an animal will test positive for a disease when it was negative at the time of purchase.
7. State the purpose of fecal examination.
8. State what can be done to new goats arriving at the farm for control of parasites if fecal examinations cannot be done.
9. Select things that can be done to acclimatized a goat to the new goat herd.
10. State acceptable time frames for a goat’s quarantine that is coming into the new goat herd.
11. Select management protocol factors to consider when working with goats on your farm that are quarantined from the rest of the herd.
12. Distinguish between horizontal and vertical transmission of diseases.
13. Distinguish between direct and indirect disease transmission.
14. Distinguish between fomites and vectors.
15. Select factors to consider when bringing animals into your goat heard.
16. State the disease in goats that causes abortions that is carried by the farm barn cat.
17. Select the major categories of fomites that expose goats to new diseases.
18. Select the most dangerous fomite that people carry on their position.
19. Select the meaning of zoonotic diseases.
20. Select factors to consider regarding keeping your goats disease free than can be related to your trucks and trailers.
21. State sources of vectors that spread disease within the goat herd.
22. State ways to make sure your goat feed is safe and free of disease.
23. Select factors to follow related to biocontainment.
24. Distinguish between good and bad feeding systems in order to control disease within the goat herd.
25. Distinguish between good and bad ways to handle manure on the goat farm.
26. State the meaning of “all in all out”.
27. Match terms related to immunization to the correct definition.
28. State the purpose of necropsy.
29. Select from a list acceptable and unacceptable ways/procedures for euthanasia.
30. State the three acceptable methods of carcass disposal.
31. Identify acceptable ways of identifying goats within the herd.
32. List the steps of the National Scrapie Eradication Program.
33. State the purpose of the Certification of Veterinary Inspection (CVI).
34. Define the purpose of National Animal Identification System.
35. Evaluate your goat farm for biosecurity issues.

Module Contents

• Bringing new animals into the herd
• Other sources of direct contact
  • Livestock shows
  • Before the show
  • At the show
  • After the fair
• Diseases from other species
• Diseases introduced by fomites
  • Trucks and trailers
  • Feed
  • Water
• Diseases introduced by vectors

• Evaluate risks
• Evaluate your facilities
• Evaluate your disease status
• Evaluate your animals
• Evaluate management
• Set goals
• Prepare a written protocol
• Communicate
• Implement the plan

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