Julie M. Smith, DVM, PhD, project director for the Animal Disease Biosecurity Coordinated Agricultural Project (ADBCAP), presented a poster about the project's research and findings at the 100th annual Conference of Research Workers in Animal Disease (CRWAD) during November, 2019.…
Tag: Biosecurity
July 2019 ADBCAP Newsletter
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…
Domino Effect of the African Swine Fever Outbreak
What do you do when an uncontrolled virus is rapidly sweeping the world’s largest pork producer, killing millions of pigs? Furthermore, how do you make people who are removed from the problem care about it? China is currently trying to…
Feral Swine and Pseudorabies Virus
When I was young, my parents would tell me to stay away from wild animals. They said that I could catch a disease, so I heeded their warnings but never really understood the reasons why. As a college student, I…
Ag Teachers Test SCRUB Biosecurity Education Curriculum
*Article co-authored by Betsy Greene and Kris Hiney The SCRUB (Science Creates Real Understanding of Biosecurity) Kit is a hands-on curriculum in the final stages of development, and designed for use in agriculture classrooms or with youth groups such as…
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Voluntary Sharing of Disease Data has Value
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…
Matthew Seeger on Crisis and Risk Communication
We live in a world where crisis is common—natural disasters, disease outbreaks, and acts of terror, to name a few. When a crisis happens, how do we make sure we’re prepared for it, and how do we communicate about it…
Serious Games: Investigating Behavioral Approaches to Biosecurity
You may have had this experience: On family game nights when the Monopoly board was pulled out, you knew it was going to be competitive. It was a night that would bring out a different side to everyone's personalities. These…
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Virulent Newcastle Disease: Inaction or Overreach?
*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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Live Stream Link for Symposium Available
A live stream link for ADBCAP Symposium is available. The ADBCAP Symposium will be live streamed for anyone who cannot attend the College Park, Maryland event in person. Truffle Media Networks, a company that produces audio and video media series…
ADBCAP Presented to Homeland Security Council
ADBCAP Director Julie Smith, DVM, PhD, presented a short summary of the Animal Disease Biosecurity Coordinated Agricultural Project (ADBCAP) to members of the Food and Agriculture Sector Joint Coordinating Council—a Homeland Security Coordinating Council—by telephone on April 10, 2019. All…
Dates & Locations Set for Symposium
The ADBCAP Symposium will be held from May 15 to 16, 2019 in College Park, Maryland. The location for May 15 will be at the Adele Stamp Student Union on the University of Maryland campus. Click here to view the…
May 2018 ADBCAP Newsletter
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…
February 2017 ADBCAP Newsletter
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…
May 2016 ADBCAP Newsletter
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…