ALIRT
Arizona Livestock Incident Response Team
- ALIRT was designed to enhance the diagnosis of unexplained livestock deaths.
- ALIRT is a cooperative effort between Arizona Cattlemen's Association, Arizona Department of Agriculture, USDA, and University of Arizona Cooperative Extension. A Coordinating Committee composed of representatives from the listed organizations as well as Arizona Game and Fish oversees the operation of the ALIRT program.
- ALIRT goal is to decrease response time during an animal health crisis in order to minimize any economic or animal impact. Collection of critical information and timely, adequate laboratory analysis are often the keys to a successful diagnosis.
- ALIRT covers the cost for an ALIRT trained private veterinarian to conduct a ranch visit and investigate an unusual livestock disease event. This includes costs for sample collection and laboratory costs for sample analysis. ALIRT also covers the cost for additional expertise such as range specialists or poisonous plants experts.
- ALIRT is not designed to respond to normal production animal events or to replace the normal responses between producers and veterinarians.
- What should a producer do if they find numerous unexplained sick or dead animals?
Resources for Livestock Producers
Preparing an emergency action plan for your farm or ranch
- Coordination & Collaboration Among Farms, Local Emergency Planning Committees & Emergency Responders
Biosecurity Module
- This advanced education module is to support personnel at cattle operations with biosecurity principles and practical biosecurity applications. Cattle operation owners and managers will also build a biosecurity plan that can be implemented on their operation.
Arizona BOLO (Be on the Look Out For)
These timely publications inform Arizona livestock producers of recent health issues in and around the state that may impact their animals.
- Horse Disease: West Nile Virus
- January 2022
- South Central Arizona
- Horse Disease: Equine Infectious Anemia (EIA)
- January 2022
- Maricopa County
- Horse Disease: Strangles
- January 2022
- Maricopa County
- Plant: Locoweed (Livestock)
- March 2022
- Pima, Santa Cruz, Cochise
- Plant: Common Snakeweed (Livestock)
- May 2022
- Graham, Greenlee, Cochise, Santa Cruz, Pima, Navajo, Apache
- Plant: Rocky Mountain Iris (Cattle)
- June 2022
- Southern Navajo and Apache Counties, Northern Greenlee County
- Poultry Disease: Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza
- June 2022
- State of Arizona
Resources for ALIRT First Responders
ALIRT Webinar 4/21/21
- What is ALIRT
- The Anatomy of an ALIRT Response
- The Extension ALIRT First Responder Role
ICS and NIMS Training
For General Correspondence
School of Animal and Comparative Biomedical Sciences
PO Box 210090
Tucson, AZ 85721
(520) 626-7107
dlreed@email.arizona.edu