Incarcerated persons may participate in vocational jobs in agriculture and farming in diverse programs ranging from aquaponics to vermiculture. Exposures to a wide range of animals, plants, and associated microorganisms may be unfamiliar to correctional practitioners and can represent a true threat to individual and population health. This session reviews correctional agribusiness zoonoses and presents cases to illustrate their presentation and management.

Educational Objectives

• Review zoonotic disease that occur in correctional agribusiness
• Describe how to identify and manage zoonotic disease
• Examine resources for developing zoonotic disease prevention programs

Level: Basic