About us

The RABapp™ staff work with livestock producers from setting up an RABapp™ to obtaining biosecurity approval from your state department of agriculture. The RABapp™ has established the necessary methodology to achieve standardization of swine, cattle, and poultry biosecurity plans, as listed below:

• Develop a protocol for cataloging, reviewing, and approving biosecurity plans.
• Digitize hand-drawn premise maps into GIS map files via an RABapp™ map making tool.
• Receive, curate, and integrate animal movement data with biosecurity plans and GIS maps.

Our Mission: Before foreign animal diseases (FADs) are introduced into disease-free countries such as the U.S., it is vital to catalogue and review biosecurity measures from individual farms throughout the industry, prioritize effective biosecurity measures, and integrate this information with animal movement data in a readily accessible and manageable user-friendly database. The RABapp™ database provides rapid access to the status of farm biosecurity plans and helps regulatory agencies harmonize effective response and recovery strategies.

Team Members: The Machado Lab belong to the Department of Population Health and Pathobiology in the NC State College of Medicine. The team is working to prepare for and combat endemic livestock diseases and help states nationwide build capacity for responding effectively to major biological threats and protecting the U.S. food supply.

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