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We all know how hard it is to fight back when a disease outbreak occurs. Since emergency events present themselves at different levels and involve varied approaches, knowing how to best manage them is crucial not only for swine producers, but for the entire Canadian industry. However vital they may be, animal disease outbreak preparedness and responses are often overlooked, as they are not generally a part of farmers’ daily routine. Nonetheless, it is very critical to have measures in place for when they are needed – it's like with health insurance: you don't really need it, until you do! To dig into that quite interesting topic, we invited Todd Bergen-Henengouwe, who has been involved with the Animal Health Emergency Management (AHEM) Project for the last four years. In this episode, we ask him the same question that is probably on your mind right now: are we fully prepared to protect ourselves from animal disease outbreaks?

"One thing that has been very interesting to learn is the real value and magnitude of preparedness and response, as well as how they really have an impact on a disease outbreak." – Todd Bergen-Henengouwen

What you’ll learn:

(00:00) Highlight

(01:54) Introduction

(05:43) How is Canada handling swine disease outbreaks?

(13:37) ​​Emergency animal disease preparedness

(18:24) Protecting our borders from foreign animal diseases

(23:02) Key aspects of animal disease preparedness

(26:02) Canadian response to animal diseases

(31:26) Managing diseases in pig barns

(38:18) Key takeaways

Meet the guest: Todd Bergen-Henengouwen

Experience:

• Current: Resource Development Activity Lead for the AHEM Project; Consultant for Serecon and Farmer Hand at BH Farms
• Past: Farm Input Analyst for the Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development; Policy and Environment

Background:

• B.Sc., Agricultural Business Management (University of Alberta)

Connect with the guest on Social Media: LinkedIn / Twitter

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