Foot-and-mouth disease travel risk and simple biosecurity tips | Ep. 130

Before someone steps onto your farm after travelling overseas, what do you ask them?

Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) isn’t in New Zealand, and we all want to keep it that way. But with outbreaks overseas and more people travelling or visiting farms, now is a good time to check your visitor process is clear and easy to follow.

In this episode, Fi Roberts, DairyNZ head of biosecurity, and Mitch Cooper, DairyNZ senior technical and policy advisor and dairy vet, discuss FMD readiness, travel-related risk, and the practical steps you can take to help protect your herd, your people and your business.

Find out more:

• Foot and mouth disease | DairyNZ
• Visitor biosecurity management | DairyNZ
• Overseas travel - risk assessment. A biosecurity risk assessment that covers visiting overseas farms, what to consider before returning to New Zealand, and what to do on arrival. 
• Biosecurity resources and tools | DairyNZ

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