Funding for the Vermont biosecurity education project was provided by the United States Department of Agriculture at the request of Senator James Jeffords. This material was made possible, in part, by a Cooperative Agreement from the USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS). It may not necessarily express APHIS' views.

The authors would like to thank the following reviewers for their helpful comments and contributions:

• Bill Smith, DVM, USDA APHIS
• Todd Johnson, DVM, USDA APHIS
• John Barlow, DVM, UVM Department of Animal Science
• Ruth Blauwiekel, DVM, UVM Veterinarian
• Christine Rossiter, DVM, Poulin Grain
• Bill Stone, DVM, Cornell Pro-Dairy
• Sam Comstock, UVM Extension Livestock Specialist
• Carol Delaney, UVM Extension Small Ruminant Dairy Specialist
• Wendy Sorrell, UVM Extension State 4-H Livestock Educator
• Diane Bothfeld, St. Albans Cooperative Creamery, Inc.
• Paul Doton, Doton Farms
• Wanda Emerich, William H. Miner Institute
• Beth Kennett, Liberty Hill Farm
• Susan Marchand, Shelburne Farms
• Murray Thompson, Thompson Guernseys

Photo Credits

• ARS Image Gallery (photos by Peggy Greb, Scott Bauer, De Wood, Christopher Pooley, Ken Hackman, Keith Weller)
• NRCS Photo Gallery (photo by Tim McCabe)
• U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service National Digital Library (photo by Mike Belasco)
• Public-Domain-Image.com (photo by Ronald Laubenstein, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)
• National Biosecurity Resource Center (boot cleaning station photo)
• USDA Photography Center (photo by Ron Nichols)
• FEMA Photo Library (photo by Liz Roll)
• Dave Menke, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
• Andrew Peregrine, Department of Pathobiology, Ontario Veterinary College
• Julie Smith, DVM, Ph.D, University of Vermont
• Louis Bedor III, University of Vermont
• Krista Cheney