What biosecurity measures can I take at sale barns, shows, and exhibitions to lower the risk of disease exposure?
A. After visiting a sale barn, show, or exhibition, do not wear the same clothes—including footwear—around your own herd until you have cleaned and disinfected them. Thoroughly clean any vehicles, trailers, etc. that have been to the sale barn, show, or exhibition. Disease can be transported by manure stuck on, among other things, the wheels, tires, and fenders. When bringing animals home from a sale barn, show, or exhibition, isolate them from the rest of your herd for 60 days and have them tested before allowing them to commingle with the rest of your herd.
