Abstract
Foreign animal diseases can have a devastating impact on the American economy and agriculture system, while significantly disrupting the food supply chain, and affecting animal health and public health. Continuity of business during an animal disease outbreak aims to mitigate these agriculture-related losses by facilitating normal business operations through the managed movement of non-infected animals and non-contaminated animal products. During a foreign animal disease outbreak, there are competing objectives of trying to control and contain the outbreak while allowing non-infected premises to continue normal business operations to the greatest extent possible. Using a logic model approach, this article discusses the importance of continuity of business planning during an animal disease outbreak, providing a detailed and transparent theoretical framework for continuity of business planning for animal agriculture stakeholders. The logic model provides a basis for continuity of business planning, which is rapidly gaining focus and interest in the animal emergency management community. This unique logic model offers a framework for effective planning and subsequent evaluation of continuity of business plans and processes, by identifying explicit stakeholders, inputs, and activities, alongside the desired outputs and outcomes of such planning.
Highlights
A foreign animal disease (FAD) outbreak can significantly disrupt the animal agriculture industry.FADs are often called transboundary diseases, and are diseases of “significant economic, trade and/or food security importance for a considerable number of countries; which can spread to other countries and reach epidemic proportions; and where control/management, including exclusion, requires cooperation between several countries” [1]
Continuity of business (COB) planning can help to mitigate the consequences of animal disease outbreaks by managing non-infected premises and animals and non-contaminated products that are located in regulatory control areas to ensure these entities are not unnecessarily impacted by a FAD outbreak
This paper presents the following: (1) information on the impact of an FAD outbreak and the imperative for COB for non-infected premises and animals and non-contaminated animals, (2) an introduction to logic modeling, (3) the theoretical logic model framework and discussion, and (4) steps forward, including the importance of COB planning in improving domestic response policy for animal disease outbreaks
Summary
A foreign animal disease (FAD) outbreak can significantly disrupt the animal agriculture industry.FADs are often called transboundary diseases, and are diseases of “significant economic, trade and/or food security importance for a considerable number of countries; which can spread to other countries and reach epidemic proportions; and where control/management, including exclusion, requires cooperation between several countries” [1]. A foreign animal disease (FAD) outbreak can significantly disrupt the animal agriculture industry. Whether introduced intentionally or accidentally, these biologic agents pose a risk to animal health, and in many cases pose a serious threat to the economy, public health, and food safety and security [2,3]. Lessons learned from past outbreaks and exercises have demonstrated the need to focus on business continuity for non-infected premises and animals and non-contaminated animal products. Continuity of business (COB) planning can help to mitigate the consequences of animal disease outbreaks by managing non-infected premises and animals and non-contaminated products that are located in regulatory control areas to ensure these entities are not unnecessarily impacted by a FAD outbreak. COB activities promote agricultural economic stability, secure the food supply, and protect animal health and public health
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