Animal Biosecurity

Animal health starts on the farm with biosecurity - from the farm gate to international borders and beyond. Biosecurity refers to measures that prevent the introduction and spread of contagious diseases.

For the best results, biosecurity measures should be in place wherever animals are present, including farms, auction markets, agricultural fairs, research laboratories and international borders.

Putting preventive measures in place to keep animals healthy has been a long-standing and successful practice on Canadian farms. Biosecurity planning helps to ensure that practices routinely carried out on your farm are beneficial to animal health.

The CFIA develops national biosecurity standards, protocols and strategies for livestock, poultry and aquaculture production in collaboration with producer organizations, provincial/territorial governments, and academia.

• Assess your biosecurity practices
• Monitor your animals
• See something? Say something - Reporting animal diseases

Information for animal owners, producers and the livestock sector

• Biosecurity for veterinarians
• List of animal diseases
• Tools to help apply the principles of farm-level biosecurity
• Visiting farms and plant nurseries
• Process for Third Party Submission

Information for the general public

• Biosecurity at the border
• Owning backyard flocks and pet birds

Biosecurity measures for producers

• Aquaculture
• Commercial poultry operations
• Cow/calf operations
• Dairy operations
• Feedlots
• Swine operations
• 2011 Biosecurity Calendar

Notices to Industry

• 2011-01-21 - National Farm-Level Biosecurity Standard for the Dairy Sector
• 2010-10-18 - Protecting Your Poultry Through Biosecurity
• 2010-05-17 - Foot and Mouth Disease - Animal Health Starts on the Farm
• 2010-11-04 - Seeking Input on Bee Biosecurity in Canada