Bioterrorism: Agriculture

This course is provided by the North Carolina Public Health Preparedness Center. You will need to complete a separate registration to have access to this course. Click the course title, then choose register on the course page. When you have finished, print off your certificate from North Carolina, then return to the LMS and choose Mark Complete from the action menu in the Learning Plan in your Workspace. This presentation by Cindi Snider, MPH, gives you an overview of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE), explains how BSE emerged, and what human illness is associated with BSE. Target Audience These learning modules are applicable to all public health, medical, veterinary, pharmacy, emergency management, hospital and other professionals interested in public health preparedness. These modules are created by faculty and guest lecturers at the UNC-CH School of Public Health and are equivalent to graduate level content. Educational Objectives Describe the epidemiology of bovine spongiform encephalopathy Discuss how bovine spongiform encephalopathy affects the food supply and describe current measures to protect the food supply Describe the relationship between bovine spongiform encephalopathy and variant Cruetzfeldt-Jakob disease

In 2005, the United States will import more than $58 billion in agricultural products, the USDA estimates. Security experts caution that food imports can be targeted for intentional contamination. Dr. Radford Davis will discuss food security and address the importance of food imports to the American diet, explain the steps in importing food, and cover the basics the container trade. Dr. Davis is an assistant professor of public health and an assistant director of the Center for Food Security and Public Health at Iowa State University.

Agroterrorism: Management of Emerging Animal Diseases Thursday October 12 2006

The presentation is designed to create an increased awareness of agroterrorism, by pointing out the vulnerabilities of the U.S. agricultural system, and how these can be addressed to lessen the impact of an agroterrorist attack.