Emergency animal disease preparation to help to keep businesses safe

摘要

With so many devastating pathogens on our doorstep, such as Foot and Mouth Disease, African Swine Fever, Avian Influenza and many others, it is vital businesses are prepared. This means not just knowing what to do in an outbreak, but also having the materials and products on hand and ready to go as soon as an emergency is declared.Of course, this doesn’t mean a business should have a stockpile of personal protective equipment (PPE), disinfectants, hand sanitisers and other materials gathering dust in some remote shed or corner of the warehouse, but rather making a conscious effort to increase stocks and rotate them so if there is an Emergency Animal Disease (EAD) declared, the business has access to additional stocks for increased activity in disease prevention.