Webinar Feb 16 - Public health aspects related to African swine fever and global animal health

January 26, 2023 — 

National Hog Farmer is pleased to announce an episode of the University of Minnesota iCOMOS African Swine Fever Webinar Series, airing on February 16 at 7:00 am Central.

Title: Public health aspects related to African swine fever and global animal health

Speakers: John Gibbins, Gary Flory, Jeff Bender

To support One Health approaches to complex and emerging issues, the COMOS work group is organizing a series of Webinars to support detection, preparedness, and response to the global spread of African Swine Fever (ASF). ASF is an important animal pathogen with broad implications on global trade. This session will focus on the public health implications including appropriate disposal of animals, health of responders to an ASF event, and mental health concerns for owners, workers, and responders. This session is meant for producers, owners, veterinarians, and government officials involved in the response effort.

Webinar participants will have an opportunity to listen to the conversation of these experts working at the forefront of ASF control worldwide and will also be allowed to interact indirectly with the experts by sharing their own questions and comments during the webinar.

Attend this webinar and learn:

• Review the mental health impacts of responding to emergency animal disease event.
• Consider environmental impacts and appropriate disposal methods during a response event.
• Be aware of the occupational risks to emergency event responders.

Don't wait, register now!