Farmed Animal Disease Program
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The Farmed Animal Disease Program (FAD) provides funding to the BC livestock and poultry industry to invest in planning, preparedness, prevention, and mitigation for federal or provincial regulated diseases or significant emerging farmed animal diseases.
The Farmed Animal Disease Program (FAD) is a three-year, up to $5M program funded by the Government of BC through the Ministry of Agriculture and Food (AF) and delivered by IAF.
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Program Objective
- Improve planning for farmed animal disease incidents impacting the province through the creation of new plans, updating of existing plans, providing training on the use and implementation of plans, and conducting training exercises and drills to ensure the effectiveness of plans and further revise as necessary.
- Improve response outcomes to animal disease incidents through increased availability of necessary resources and trained responders to manage responses and carryout required actions.
- Increase the prevention and mitigation for farmed animal disease incidents to reduce their potential impact on producers and the province.
Program Goal
The program aims to improve the level of planning, preparedness, prevention and mitigation of the BC agriculture sector to prevent and minimize impacts, and increase the sector’s preparedness and resilience, for significant farmed animal diseases.
Resources
We gratefully acknowledge the financial support of the Province of British Columbia through the Ministry of Agriculture and Food.