All farmers can take simple but meaningful steps to adequately protect their industry.
“When you start trying to protect yourself from invisible microbes, you're in a completely different situation,” said Jordan, who farms about 200 dairy cows in Siler City, North Carolina. “The bright side is that although we have disease, there are no animal carcasses. Economically, there has been severe disruption. But this has forced us to take a serious look at farms. ” (Photo by Austin Santaniello on Unsplash)
ARLINGTON, Va. — With cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) being discovered in dairy cows in several states, what biosecurity is and how to achieve it is on everyone's radar. It's all in the minds of dairy farmers. Karen Jordan, Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, chair of the National Dairy Program's Animal Welfare Task Force, and a member of the NMPF Board of Directors, said all farmers should take simple steps to adequately protect their industry. Meaningful steps can be taken, the Daily Defined Podcast was released today.
“When you start trying to protect yourself from invisible microbes, you're in a completely different situation,” said Jordan, who farms about 200 dairy cows in Siler City, North Carolina. “The bright side is that although we have disease, there are no animal carcasses. Economically, there has been severe disruption. But this has forced us to take a serious look at farms. , it gives us an opportunity to see what biosecurity really needs to be and how to actually strengthen it.”
Jordan is also joined on the podcast by Jamie Jonker, NMPF's chief scientific officer, who is leading NMPF's HPAI response. The Dairy Defined podcast can be found and subscribed to on Apple Podcasts and Spotify under the podcast name “Dairy Defined.”
of National Milk Producers Federationis based in Arlington, Virginia, and develops and implements policies that advance dairy producers and the cooperatives they own. NMPF member cooperatives produce more than two-thirds of the milk in the United States, and he is the voice of the NMPF dairy industry on Capitol Hill and to government agencies.Learn more about www.nmpf.org.
–National Milk Producers Federation
