When an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) occurs, the immediate focus is usually on animal movement control. Yet a far more ordinary risk factor gets overlooked: the vehicle. From an engineering and systems-control perspective, every vehicle entering or leaving a farm should be viewed as a potential carrier of contamination. Mud trapped in tyre treads, … Continue reading Vehicle disinfection during an FMD outbreak: An engineering perspective on practical farm biosecurity