Healthy habits. Healthy animals.

Do you own a small farm or farm animals like pigs, chickens or cows? Learn more about what you can do to keep your farm, your animals, and yourself healthy and safe.

Biosecurity checklist for your farm

Assess the risks on your farm

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Shareable resources promoting strong biosecurity practices

Keeping your farm animals safe

Maintaining biosecurity practices can keep your animals and farm safe from diseases. Follow basic day-to-day rules to reduce the risks to your animals:

Use buildings, pens, and fences to stop wildlife and people from entering the animal holding areas, and to isolate newly arrived and sick animals
Use signs to inform visitors of biosecurity practices and manage the movement of people and equipment
Keep buildings and equipment clean to help reduce the risk of spreading disease
Always wear clean clothing
Clean and disinfect your footwear and wash your hands before and after handling your animals
Provide clean water for your animals and buy feed from reliable sources
Protect food and water from wild birds and animals
Monitor your animals for signs of disease and call a veterinarian if you think they may be sick
Create a personalized plan for your farm and animals to maintain daily safety protocols

Protect yourself and others from avian influenza

The risk of infection is low for the general public. However, people who work with or care for animals are at higher risk of avian influenza infection. Learn how you can reduce your risk:

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Healthy habits. Healthy animals.

Biosecurity checklist for your farm

Shareable resources

Keeping your farm animals safe

Protect yourself and others from avian influenza

Additional resources

Basic principles of biosecurity

Know the signs of animal diseases

Biosecurity for cow owners

Biosecurity for pig owners

Biosecurity tips for small flock and pet bird owners

Resources on antimicrobial resistance in animals