Animal Agrosecurity and Emergency Management

--> Threats to livestock production include natural disasters, disease outbreaks, agroterrorism, and other emergencies. Proper animal agrosecurity and emergency management reduce the effects of these incidents. The EDEN Animal Agrosecurity and Emergency Management Course is a vital educational resource to help all people involved in protecting animals and ensuring a safe food and fiber supply. Available online, the course is designed for Extension professionals, emergency managers, health officials, and others who recognize the need for improved animal agrosecurity and emergency management education in their communities. The EDEN Animal Agrosecurity and Emergency Management course will prepare you with the knowledge and skills necessary to teach others in your community how to: apply emergency management principles to animal emergencies recognize threats, identify vulnerabilities, and establish an action plan for animal disasters partner with interagency representatives in an interdisciplinary effort to address animal emergency issues Materials provided with this EDEN course are available for use at workshops and/or community awareness presentations. They include: ready-to-use presentations applied activity guidelines including scenario-based exercises printable documents suitable for handouts Course Basics Target Audience: Extension personnel, animal industry stakeholders, emergency responders Delivery Method: Interactive online or classroom delivery Cost: EDEN does not charge for use of these materials. Cost will depend on the local cost of meeting space (if offered in a classroom setting) and printing handouts. Course Length: Online Course: Self-paced; approximately 8 contact hours. Classroom Delivery: Approximately 8 hours total (this may vary depending upon the amount of optional supplemental material, videos, activities, etc. incorporated into each lesson presentation). University Credit: No Other Credit: Certificate of Completion An interdisciplina…