{"id":357,"date":"2026-06-08T15:52:21","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T21:52:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/extension.colostate.edu\/lincoln\/?p=357"},"modified":"2026-06-17T16:02:25","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T22:02:25","slug":"biosecurity-bingo-activity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/extension.colostate.edu\/lincoln\/2026\/06\/08\/biosecurity-bingo-activity\/","title":{"rendered":"Biosecurity Bingo Activity"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-62c81408 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\">\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Biosecurity Bingo Activity<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>Biosecurity is important for keeping your 4-H project animals and other animals (including pets) healthy while coming and going to shows or events and even year-round. Review these \u201cBingo\u201d squares to help you learn about biosecurity, make a plan, and as general reminders to help keep your animals and others healthy. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\">\n<section tabindex=\"0\" class=\"wp-block-table is-style-regular\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th scope=\"col\" >B<\/th><th scope=\"col\" >I<\/th><th scope=\"col\" >N<\/th><th scope=\"col\" >G<\/th><th scope=\"col\" >O<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>Look Up: What is Biosecurity?<\/td><td>I clean &amp; disinfect<br>my trailer after<br>each show\/event<\/td><td>I maintain 3 years of health records including vaccinations, treatments, and withdrawals<\/td><td>I regularly monitor my animals health and track their temperature before and after traveling to shows\/events<\/td><td>I wash my hands after feeding, cleaning, or working with my animals<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>I regularly clean animal pens, feed pans, and water containers<\/td><td>Look Up: What is Zoonosis?<\/td><td>I wear clean shoes and clothing when going over to my friends houses that have livestock<\/td><td>Biosecurity Resources: Farmppe.netlify.app Ag.colorado.gov<\/td><td>I review individual show health requirements at least a month in advance to get necessary tests and paperwork.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>I carry a list of individual animal information, animal health and brand<br>inspections when I travel<\/td><td>I quarantine my show animals from the rest of the animals at my house (At least 21 days after each event)<\/td><td><\/td><td>I leave my animals at home if they are sick or exhibiting any contagious skin conditions<\/td><td>Look Up: What is a Reportable Disease? ag.colorado.gov\/animals<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>I pick up trash at shows and home to keep my animals healthy<\/td><td>I have implemented a biosecurity plan on my operation and for when I travel to shows or events<\/td><td>I change out my \u201ctown clothes and shoes\u201d before I do animal chores<\/td><td>I wash all animals with anti-fungal shampoo when they get home from any show or event<\/td><td>I have met with my veterinarian to establish a VCPR and develop a biosecurity plan<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Look up: What is a VCPR<br>with your veterinarian<\/td><td>I do not share equipment or allow other into my trailer at shows or into my pens at home<\/td><td>I clean &amp; disinfect all equipment after each show \/event<\/td><td>I don\u2019t allow nose to nose contact of my show animals with other animals at events or at home<\/td><td>I wear safety gear (eyes, gloves, boots) when cleaning pens to keep myself safe as well.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/section>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Biosecurity Bingo Activity Biosecurity is important for keeping your 4-H project animals and other animals (including pets) healthy while coming and going to shows or events and&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":359,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"class_list":["post-357","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"pp_statuses_selecting_workflow":false,"pp_workflow_action":"current","pp_status_selection":"publish","pp_post_mime_type":"","acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/extension.colostate.edu\/lincoln\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2026\/06\/White-Chicken-Photo.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/extension.colostate.edu\/lincoln\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/357","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/extension.colostate.edu\/lincoln\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/extension.colostate.edu\/lincoln\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extension.colostate.edu\/lincoln\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extension.colostate.edu\/lincoln\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=357"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/extension.colostate.edu\/lincoln\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/357\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":364,"href":"https:\/\/extension.colostate.edu\/lincoln\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/357\/revisions\/364"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extension.colostate.edu\/lincoln\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/359"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/extension.colostate.edu\/lincoln\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=357"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}