National Livestock Emergency Response Conference
News Date October 24, 2007
An effective emergency response to a livestock disease emergency requires preplanning and collaboration among many different stakeholders. The second annual National Livestock Emergency Response Conference is scheduled for December 5 to 7, 2007, in southern Arizona and will provide opportunities for a wide variety of emergency responders to sharpen their skills.
The 2007 conference will feature up-to-date information on a diverse selection of livestock disease emergency response topics on day one. On days two and three of the conference, attendees will have the opportunity to participate in several different scenario-based ground training exercises. These will focus on incidents along Arizona's international border and confined animal feeding operations, and a scenario impacting food safety.
Who should attend the conference?
* Emergency responders
* Private veterinarians
* Livestock producers
* State and county public-health workers
* State agency leaders
* Public health officials
* State beef council members
* State representatives of the national cattlemen's beef association
* State livestock emergency response organizations.
The conference is sponsored by The Arizona Livestock Incident Response Team with support from ALIRT Cooperators. The meeting website is http://ag.arizona.edu/ans/alirt/index.html. (Contact: Rick Kirchhoff)