NFU advice: On-farm exotic disease contingency planning

The objectives of this contingency plan are to provide:

• A practical off the shelf document containing key contact names and telephone numbers
• Information on the main exotic notifiable diseases and how to recognise them, plus links to
• information on all notifiable diseases.
• A personalised farm contingency plan in case of disease outbreak
• Practical guidance on cleansing and disinfection and where it is stored
• An up to date inventory of livestock on the holding
• A map of the farm land and buildings used to house livestock
• Up to date livestock movement records
• How to deal with public rights of way in the event of a disease outbreak

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