Rift Valley Fever Early Warning Decision Support Tool (RVF DST)
10/12/2025
Rift Valley fever (RVF) is a climate-sensitive, vector-borne zoonotic disease that affects livestock, people, and livelihoods across Africa. To strengthen early warning and coordinated response...
Biosecurity procedures at a wildlife rehabilitation facility during an HPAI outbreak
09/12/2025
This webinar describes how The Raptor Center (TRC) at the University of Minnesota used biosecurity principles and quarantine procedures, combined with polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing...
Leveraging early warning and risk-based surveillance to inform timely and cost-effective decisions
03/12/2025
Rift Valley fever (RVF) is a mosquito-borne zoonotic disease that affects both livestock and humans, with serious consequences for public health, food security, and livelihoods. Endemic in parts of Africa and the Arabian Peninsula...
Assessing the impact of the ''Empowering Veterinary Paraprofessional Entrepreneurs" project
26/11/2025
The webinar will share evidence of how VPPs are closing critical service-delivery gaps by increasing farmers’ access to animal health services, promoting improved husbandry and disease-prevention practices...
Estimating the costs of disease outbreaks: Application of the OutCost tool
24/11/2025
This webinar described the use of the Outbreak Costing Tool (OutCost) to estimate the direct financial costs of animal disease outbreaks and their control. OutCost has been applied to a range of major transboundary animal diseases...
Launch of the framework for early warning of animal health threats
14/11/2025
The event presents the new FAO framework, which addresses these challenges by providing countries with a practical roadmap to strengthen surveillance, monitoring, risk assessment, communication...
The role of storytelling and technology in biosecurity awareness and training
06/11/2025
This month’s webinar featured Rob Barwell (Animal Health Australia) and Kat Bidstrup (Think Digital). They explored how immersive technology overcomes traditional barriers in biosecurity education...
Driving innovations on biosecurity: A collaborative model between academia and industry
03/10/2025
This webinar was led by Ilias Chantziaras, Chair of Biosecurity in Animal Production at University of Ghent, Scott Killeen, Director R&D Ecolab, and Elien Clayes, Technical Support Global Animal Health at CID LINES, an Ecolab Company...
Using science to promote biosecurity – lessons from the First Conference on Animal Biosecurity
24/07/2025
Biosecurity measures are vital for reducing the risk of disease transmission along the livestock value chain. Yet, promoting their adoption remains a global challenge....
EMA-i+: real-time disease reporting to enhance surveillance and early warning systems
23/07/2025
This webinar provided an overview of its Event Mobile Application (EMAi+) tool and support to countries to improve real-time disease reporting and digital surveillance systems...
Introduction to surveillance and early warning systems for actionable information
04/06/2025
Participants explore critical areas such as disease information and data management systems, surveillance design and evaluation, digital tools, risk monitoring and forecasting...
Biosecurity resources for the United States beef industry
22/05/2025
This month’s PMP-TAB webinar featured a presentation about the wide range of biosecurity resources developed to support the beef industry in the United States protect their cattle’s health. The Beef Quality Assurance (BQA) program...
FMD SAT1: Situation update & recommendations for prevention and response in the Near East and beyond
21/05/2025
FMD is one of the most contagious animal diseases and considered of high importance for monitoring and control due to its capacity to rapidly spread across borders affecting large numbers of livestock...
Flexible assessment of biosecurity in small- and medium-scale poultry farms
12/05/2025
Biosecurity measures are essential for mitigating the risk of pathogen introduction and spread in farms. In this presentation, Prof. Nielsen presents a novel approach to assess biosecurity...
Global Strategy for the Prevention and Control of High Pathogenicity Avian Influenza (2024–2033)
07/04/2025
Achieving sustainable, resilient poultry production systems Join us for the upcoming technical webinar on the Global Strategy for the Prevention and Control of High Pathogenicity Avian Influenza (2024–2033), now released...
What recent highly pathogenic avian influenza epidemics tell us about biosecurity
17/03/2025
This webinar was organized in collaboration with the World Animal Biosecurity Association (WABA). The webinar had two presentations. The webinar had two presentations. The first focused on highly pathogenic avian influenza...
Cost-effective biosecurity: An example in Indonesian cattle feedlots
06/02/2025
This webinar featured a presentation by Ausvet on their efforts to support the beef industry in Indonesia recover in the face of ongoing disease threats. Since 2022, Indonesian feedlots have faced tough challenges in managing and controlling...
The United States dairy industry's approach to animal care and biosecurity
26/11/2024
The National Dairy Farmers Assuring Responsible Management (FARM) Program's animal care and biosecurity pillars are presented. FARM Animal Care sets animal care guidelines using the latest research and best management practices...
Impacts of a randomized slaughterhouse hygiene intervention in Western Kenya
23/10/2024
A randomized controlled trial was conducted in 140 slaughter facilities in Western Kenya. The hygiene intervention included training of meat handlers on hygienic practices, provision of cleaning supplies and personal protective equipment...
Update on the origin, changing path and response to the 2022-2024 HPAI outbreak in the USA
26/09/2024
This webinar will focus on the highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) outbreak of 2022-2024 in the United States of America and provide global context to the disease in wildlife and wild bird populations...