FMD Emergency Preparation Course for the University of Calgary
23/01/2023 - 03/02/2023
Online,
Online,
The dedicated course for the University of Calgary has the following main objectives:
- explain the pathogenesis of FMD;
- describe the clinical signs of FMD in cattle, small ruminants, and pigs;
- describe how to age FMD lesions;
- explain how to take correct diagnostic samples to enable laboratory confirmation of an FMD diagnosis;
- explain how to conduct an epidemiological investigation on a premises where FMD is suspected/confirmed;
- explain how to enter and leave a premises suspected of FMD in a biosecure manner;
- describe key aspects of the control measures which are used in an FMD outbreak in a previously free country.