Tackling biosecurity from a management perspective

Biosecurity and hygiene are critical considerations on dairy farms throughout the world. Repercussions of incoming diseases range from minimal inconveniences requiring antibiotic treatments to the decimation of an entire herd. Amanda Stone, assistant professor and extension dairy specialist at Mississippi State University, believes the most likely factor in these extreme outcomes stems from animals moving from one location to another. “Of course, in a worst-case scenario, it’s extremely s