Compiled by the Colorado Cattlemen's Association

Biosecurity encompasses the efforts utilized to prevent the introduction and spread of pathogens and toxins in livestock while maintaining food quality and safety.

• Place signage at the entry to your operation directing visitors to a central location away from livestock for an initial meeting.

• Visitors/workers should have clean clothing and shoes.

• Visitors can also be supplied with disposable shoes/shoe coverings and/or coveralls.

• Avoid walking in feed storage and holding areas such as bunks, bins storage facilities.

• Limit vehicular movement on your premise from outside your operation. Use disinfectants on undercarriage, wheels and wheel wells for added protection.

• Appropriate disinfectants such as: Environ One-Stroke, Nolvasan, Roccal or a chlorine bleach solution can be used to disinfect shoes, vehicle tires, equipment, etc. that enter and exit your operation.¹

• Foreign visitors should avoid being around animals in their country or other counties for two weeks previous to visiting your operation.

• Identify what country your visitors are from and the infectious disease(s) present there that could harm your livestock.

• Clothing brought from another country must be laundered or dry cleaned prior to entering the United States.

• Objects that cannot be disinfected or washed should be discarded prior to traveling to the United States.

• Instruct family members, employees and visitors about biosecurity measures including precautions to be taken when visiting other agriculture operations.

Animal Interaction

• Fully comply with state and federal transport of animals including appropriate animal health records.

• Quarantine all cattle entering your operation for a one-month period.

• Quarantine sick animal(s) from healthy until the infected animal(s) has made a full recovery.

• Consult your veterinarian whenever the animal's signs of sickness are unfamiliar to you. Better to be safe, than sorry.

• A post mortem examination should be conducted if an animal dies of unexplainable reasons.

• Avoid animal contact on your operation from quarantined animals, trader cattle, or obviously sick animals.

• Handle animals calmly and seldom as possible to avoid excessive stress and susceptibility to disease.

• Institute the biosecurity and health measures on this sheet within your communal grazing allotments.

• Closely monitor fence line contact, stray animals or transport of your animals outside your operation's boundaries.

• Closely control pet and horse transit between your operation and others.

• Wildlife, including birds, carry disease transmissible to domestic animals. Closely monitor interaction with your animals and feed sources.

• Blood sucking insects can carry disease from animal to animal. Control these parasitic insects with commercial insecticides.

• Require the same origin scrutiny from semen and embryo inputs for your operation.

• Implement a quality control program for all feed, pharmaceutical and topical inputs into your operation.

• Follow all FDA/USDA/EPA laws for feed, pharmaceutical and environmental input. Require verification from your suppliers also.

• Regularly clean animal water sources.

• Clean and disinfect equipment that has been used in manure handling before handling feedstuffs with the equipment.

• Thoroughly disinfect all equipment, clothing and any other objects used around quarantined animals.

• Maintain an environment conducive to the production setting.

• Store feed in locations so that contamination from animals, chemicals and humans will not occur. Routinely inspect feedstuffs for contamination.

• Attend further educational seminars such as the Colorado Beef Quality Assurance Program.

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Terry R. Fankhauser
terry@coloradocattle.org

Events Coordinator/
Exec. Administrative Assistant
Jan Ammon
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Director of Industry Programs/
Robert Farnam
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Administrative Assistant /Membership
Services Coordinator
Heidi Brown
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Director of Communications
Traci Eatherton
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Bookkeeper
Deni Marino
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