Enhanced Biosecurity
Enhanced biosecurity takes extra effort over daily actions to protect cattle from FMD virus in an outbreak.
Prepare! Learn what is needed then gather the team of people and materials.
Write! Enhance your daily biosecurity plan or create one using the checklists, templates and manuals below.
Practice and Train! Put your biosecurity plan to the test and teach others.
Prepare for Enhanced Biosecurity!
Watch some videos on the Training page to help learn what is needed to write an Enhanced Biosecurity Plan. Who should write the plan? The Biosecurity Manager. Next, build a team with the herd veterinarian, haulers/transporters, and other advisors that can help lower the risk for FMD exposure. Then use the SBS materials below to write a plan specific to your operation.
Biosecurity Manager…
owner, manager, or employee familiar with the daily activities of the farm/ranch, writes the plan, informs others.
Information Manuals
Write an Enhanced Biosecurity Plan!
If you already have a written daily biosecurity plan, compare it to the Enhanced Biosecurity Checklist for Beef Feedlots or Cattle on Pasture. Add any missing items to your plan. No plan? Use one of the templates and look at examples below. The “Just-in-Time” resources are for cattle grazing on public lands.
Enhanced Biosecurity Checklists
Plan Templates & Examples
Forms and SOPs
Movement Record forms can be found on the Traceability page.
Practice and Train!
The SBS Plan movement permit criteria suggests having the biosecurity measures in the checklist in place and acceptable to officials. Practice putting the biosecurity plan in place and training others before an outbreak helps people learn how to keep FMD out of the herd. Some states will review Enhanced Biosecurity Plans before an outbreak.
Signs and Posters
These 8.5″ by 11″ signs and 11″ x 17″ posters can be downloaded, printed, and hung up to show your biosecurity expectations.
Daily Biosecurity
The resources below help producers build daily biosecurity habits. That can lead to stronger, or enhanced, biosecurity which will be needed to protect cattle from FMD. Beef Quality Assurance (BQA) and Iowa State University teamed up to create this info, making sure it matched the SBS enhanced biosecurity items.