Presentations

The minute a baby animal hits the ground (well, the momma isn’t usually standing, so really, it is a figure of speech) the calf, piglet or lamb is exposed to all sorts of pathogens. As a food safety veterinarian, I am deeply invested in making sure that farms have healthy animals, so that consumers can have safe food.

So, as part of the efforts to have a clean food supply, I made a presentation to the ranchers re-certifying for the Beef Quality Assurance program here in Maine.  I talked about all sorts of diseases.  Both those that come into the food supply, and those that affect ranching, like foot and mouth, or that affect ranching families like rabies.   In March the Dept. of Ag will hold a PQA Plus course for pork producers.  This will be the introduction of a formal PQA program in Maine.  If you are interested in attending, you can send an email to Cindy Kilgore, the Livestock Agent at the Dept. of Ag.

If you’d like a copy of the presentation, or would like me to come and talk to your group, drop me a line.