Animal Disease Biosecurity Coordinated Agricultural Project
Innovation and Collaboration for Agricultural Biosecurity
By Scott Merrill and Eric Clark, University of Vermont The Social Ecological Gaming and Simulation (SEGS) Lab is a multidisciplinary research lab designed to examine pressing problems in the interacting domains of natural ecology and human society. We work on…
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A Research Retrospective As the end of the project draws near, it is appropriate to highlight team members’ contributions to the outputs of the ADBCAP. The team’s accomplishments closely align with the following objectives: To better understand the roles of…
Biosecurity and surveillance are complementary. Health surveillance in human, plant, or animal contexts involves collecting, analyzing, and interpreting health-related data. These data then inform what is done in terms of health programs and strategic communication. National surveillance systems often rely…
Biosecurity and surveillance are complementary. Health surveillance in human, plant, or animal contexts involves collecting, analyzing, and interpreting health-related data. These data then inform what is done in terms of health programs and strategic communication. National surveillance systems often rely…
*The following post is an opinion piece by the author. An outbreak of virulent Newcastle Disease (vND) has been affecting domestic poultry in California since May 17, 2018, when the first case was confirmed. This disease keeps the owners of…
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Our team gathered in Orlando in January, not far from the UCF campus where a number of our key personnel work. Having left sub-freezing temperatures in Vermont, it was shocking to walk outside and find it the same temperature as…
Like the child conductor embodied in this sculpture in Mankato, MN, I enjoy leading this project with playful enthusiasm. Matt Myers assisted in designing and facilitating the project team meeting that took place in Mankato in June where the talents…
Friendly. Fun. Focused. For me, these words sum up the recent meeting in Mankato. New members were welcomed. Relationships were strengthened. We laughed. We learned. We looked ahead. The stated goals for the meeting were to accomplish the following: Assess…
Risk communication, simply put, is the ex-change of information about risks. What are risks? In common parlance (according to the Oxford English Dictionary), risk means “(exposure to) the possibility of loss, injury, or other adverse or unwelcome circumstance; a chance…
One of the speakers at the recent National Institute for Animal Agriculture conference reminded the audience that this year marks the 15th anniversary of both the 9-11 attacks in the United States and the horrific outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in…
Almost two years ago a talented group of individuals accepted my invitation to work together to develop an innovative integrative approach to address the problem of livestock animal health protection. We were thrilled that our proposal was selected for funding…
