AgriSafe Learning
Healthy People and Healthy Animals Make Healthy Farms (Live 7.24.2025)
Includes a Live Web Event on 07/24/2025 at 12:00 PM (CDT)
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Summary: The center of rural communities is farms and those who operate them, but healthy farms and livestock operations need healthy people to care for them and healthy animals that live on them.
Objectives: During this presentation, attendees will learn...
- About diseases that people can give to animals,
- How to keep diseases off of farms and animals healthy, and
- Steps that protect worker health and safety, enabling workers to care for animals
Intended Audience: Owners, operators, and workers of farms, agrotourism businesses, and events that promote agriculture, or those providing education to these groups
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Andrew Hennenfent, DVM, MPH, DACVPM
State Public Health Veterinarian
Iowa Department of Health and Human Services
Dr. Andrew Hennenfent, DVM, MPH, DACVPM, is the State Public Health Veterinarian for Iowa, overseeing zoonotic disease prevention and response. Dr. Hennenfent completed an applied epidemiology fellowship in infectious disease at the District of Columbia Department of Health, then oversaw the city’s emerging and zoonotic disease program and served as the city’s public health veterinarian. After joining the Iowa Department of Health and Human Services, Dr. Hennenfent oversaw the Healthcare Associated Infections (HAI) Program, leading planning and response efforts for antimicrobial stewardship efforts and infection prevention technical assistance provided to Iowa healthcare personnel to improve infection control practices in all settings. Prior to joining Iowa HHS Dr. Hennenfent worked for the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship (IDALS).
