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03Feb

February 2021 ADBCAP Newsletter

Posted by Julie M Smithon February 3, 2021April 13, 2021in Newsletter
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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…

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13Dec

Julie Smith Presents ADBCAP Research at CRWAD

Posted by Joanna Cummingson December 13, 2019December 13, 2019in Animal Health

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.…

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21Aug

July 2019 ADBCAP Newsletter

Posted by Julie M Smithon August 21, 2019August 21, 2019in Newsletter, Symposium
Farm barns and a fence around a pasture

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…

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24Jul

Domino Effect of the African Swine Fever Outbreak

Posted by Meg Stevenson July 24, 2019December 12, 2019in Animal Health, Crisis and Risk Communication
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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…

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24Jul

Feral Swine and Pseudorabies Virus

Posted by Samantha Shieldson July 24, 2019August 1, 2019in Animal Health, Zoonotic diseases
Feral swine male and female with piglets

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…

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09Jul

Ag Teachers Test SCRUB Biosecurity Education Curriculum

Posted by Betsy Greene PhDon July 9, 2019July 23, 2019in Animal Health
Horse barn

*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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27Jun

Voluntary Sharing of Disease Data has Value

Posted by Julie M Smithon June 27, 2019July 23, 2019in Animal Health
A group of brown and black pigs on a farm

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…

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26Jun

Matthew Seeger on Crisis and Risk Communication

Posted by Meg Stevenson June 26, 2019June 26, 2019in Symposium
People communicating ideas

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…

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25Jun

Serious Games: Investigating Behavioral Approaches to Biosecurity

Posted by Samantha Shieldson June 25, 2019June 26, 2019in Serious Games Research, Symposium
Serious game design for 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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18Jun

Virulent Newcastle Disease: Inaction or Overreach?

Posted by Julie M Smithon June 18, 2019July 19, 2019in Animal Health, Opinion
Image of land area in San Bernadino County

*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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03May

Live Stream Link for Symposium Available

Posted by Joanna Cummingson May 3, 2019January 6, 2022in Symposium
Symposium hotel and conference center

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…

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18Apr

ADBCAP Presented to Homeland Security Council

Posted by Joanna Cummingson April 18, 2019June 18, 2019in Agriculture Policy
Pennsylvania corn field and farm

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…

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01Apr

Dates & Locations Set for Symposium

Posted by Joanna Cummingson April 1, 2019January 6, 2022in Symposium
Symposium hotel and conference center

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…

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10May

May 2018 ADBCAP Newsletter

Posted by Julie M Smithon May 10, 2018June 18, 2019in Newsletter
A field of flowers in Florida

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…

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10Feb

February 2017 ADBCAP Newsletter

Posted by Julie M Smithon February 10, 2017June 18, 2019in Newsletter
Goats in a barn

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…

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