1. Midwestern Regional Conference October 7 - 8, 2008 St. Louis, MO

2. Andrea Husband Program Coordinator for Agroterrorism and Disaster Preparedness

3. Sponsors Additional funding provided by the Bioterrorism Training and Curriculum Development Program (BTCDP) of the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Preparedness and Response (ASPR), grant #5 T01HP001397-05-00.

4. Authors  Emergency Preparedness/Agroterrorism  Animal and Food Science  Ruminant and Equine Veterinary Medicine  Public Health and Epidemiology  Regulatory Services  Biosystems and Ag Engineering

5. Review Process  Federal Agency Representatives APHIS, DHS, CSREES  State Agency Representatives Emergency Management, Dept. of Ag  EDEN Delegates

6. Targeted Audiences  Cooperative Extension Educators  Agriculture Industry  Emergency Responders  Other Stakeholders

7. Phases of Emergency Management  Preparedness  Prevention/Mitigation  Response  Recovery

8. Intended Outcomes  Identify threats to animal agriculture  Improve agrosecurity practices, detection, response, & reporting  Mitigate negative economic effects and human health risks

9. A gro S ecurity S pecialist

10. Lessons 1.Weather and Environmental Disasters 2.Intentional/Unintentional Threats and Biosecurity Principles 3.Animal Emergency Management – an Interdisciplinary Effort 4.Preparedness and Prevention/Mitigation – Part I

11. Lessons – continued 5.Preparedness and Prevention/Mitigation – Part II 6.Response and Recovery 7.Off-Farm Considerations 8.Scenarios – Test Your Knowledge

12. Scenarios 1.Preparedness and Prevention/Mitigation 2.Response and Recovery 3.Animal Emergency Management

14. Where Is It? http://www.eden.lsu.edu/LearningOps

17. Contact Information USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer. Additional funding provided by the Bioterrorism Training and Curriculum Development Program (BTCDP) of the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Preparedness and Response (ASPR), grant #5 T01HP001397-05-00. Andrea Husband University of Kentucky andrea.husband@uky.edu (859) 619-2386