IS-111.a - Livestock in Disasters is intended to combine the knowledge of livestock producers and emergency managers and develop a unified approach that will mitigate the impact of disasters on animal agriculture.

This course provides an overview of common causes and typical consequences of disasters, and applies knowledge and techniques from emergency management to learn how to mitigate disasters.

This course helps emergency managers to communicate effectively with farmers about causes, impacts, and consequences of disasters affecting livestock in their communities and how to mitigate the effects.