Biosecurity is Farmso’s early-warning system for disease. It manages disease alerts, quarantine status and zones, contact tracing and disease-control records — so a suspected case is contained, documented and traceable instead of spreading quietly through your herd.
It matters because disease events don’t just threaten animals — they threaten trade. A restricted or quarantined animal should never be moved or sold. Farmso keeps that status visible and enforceable, so an outbreak is contained before it blocks legitimate movements.
Use case
A farmer notices scouring in a newly-arrived group and flags the animals as quarantined. Farmso marks their status, defines a quarantine zone at the premises, and — using the movement history — traces which other animals they were in contact with. Every treatment and disease-control action is recorded. When the vet clears them, the quarantine lifts and normal movements resume, with a full audit trail of what happened.
What Biosecurity covers
Disease alerts
Raise and track alerts for suspected or confirmed disease events across your operation.
Quarantine status
Flag individual animals or groups as quarantined so they can’t be moved or sold by mistake.
Quarantine zones
Define restricted zones tied to a premises to isolate affected areas.
Contact tracing
Follow movement and grouping history to find which animals were exposed.
Disease-control records
Log treatments, tests and control actions as a structured, auditable history.
Movement protection
Keeps disease events contained before they escalate into a movement or trade block.
Manage a disease event
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Open Biosecurity
In the web app sidebar, open the Biosecurity section to see active alerts, quarantines and zones.
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Raise an alert & quarantine
Create a disease alert, then set the affected animals or group to quarantined and define the quarantine zone on the relevant premises.
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Trace contacts
Use contact tracing to list animals exposed via shared movements or groups, and extend the quarantine if needed.
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Record control actions
Log disease-control records — tests, treatments, cleaning — until the event is resolved and the quarantine is lifted.
In the field
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See status on the animal
An animal’s quarantine status shows on its detail screen and as a status pill in lists — you know at a glance not to move it.
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Act via Compliance
Biosecurity is surfaced through the More → Compliance module and animal status, so you can check restrictions before capturing a movement.
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Capture offline
Any status change or record you make queues in the Outbox and syncs when you reconnect.
A quarantined animal must not be moved or sold. Farmso surfaces quarantine status on the animal and in the Compliance module so a restricted animal never slips into a movement or sale.
FAQ
It walks each animal’s movement and grouping history — shared premises, transports and mobs — to surface the animals that were in contact, so you can quarantine the right set quickly.