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NIAA Sustainability and Animal Disease Issues & Emergency Management Councils hosted webinar March 6, 2025.
Gary Flory is a global consultant that helps clients with a range of services including animal disease and natural disaster response, agricultural emergency planning, and emergency response training. He was a lead author of USDA’s Catastrophic Livestock Composting Protocol and Mortality Composting Protocol for Avian Influenza Infected Flocks and FAO’s Carcass management for small-and-medium scale livestock farms – Practical Considerations. He was recently awarded the Agency Star award by the Governor of Virginia for his community service and leadership on animal disease response and agroterrorism.
Gary presented his research and experience on depopulation and composting livestock after a disease outbreaks.