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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Communities of Practice for Biosecurity Engagement
Day two of the ADBCAP Symposium, held on May 16, 2019 in College Park, Maryland, was designed as a workshop to foster discussion and rich conversation with people involved in agricultural biosecurity research and practice. Those representing both plant and…
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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…
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…
September 2016 ADBCAP Newsletter
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…
January 2016 ADBCAP Newsletter
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…