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Youth Education
Animal Poo & You — Staying Healthy Around Your Animals
Animal Poo & You is an integrated, multi-media curriculum designed to introduce basic humananimal (or zoonotic) disease prevention concepts to youth, especially those engaged in agricultural activities, such as 4-H. Animal Poo & You includes four animated video lessons presented in a musical narrative with supplementary materials for instructors and learners:
- Fecal Matters — Germs in fecal matter can make you sick!
- Achoo! It's Novel Flu... and SARS-CoV too! — When you exhale your air, germs can travel everywhere.
- Handwash Hoedown — The soap you use can help reduce the germs living on your skin.
- The Vet's Visit — Whether it's a fever, cold, or cough, a visit from the vet is just the trick.
Animal Poo & You is intended to provide young learners with a basic foundation of zoonotic disease prevention information that supports both animal wellness and public health. The concepts in the lessons teach youth how to care for their animals and protect the health of people that may interact with their animals. As youth continue to develop their knowledge and skills raising livestock and being around livestock, they can build upon what they learned in Animal Poo & You.
Animal Poo & You Overview
- Basic introduction to zoonotic disease prevention concepts—set to song!
- Designed for youth ages 5-8 years
- Great for young students involved in agricultural activities (such as 4-H)
- Currently includes four (4) lessons that can be viewed/shared individually or as a set
- Supplementary lesson materials are available for youth program leaders and instructors
Lessons
Fecal Matters
Germs from fecal matter can make you sick! This Animal Poo & You lesson teaches about animal manure and how it contains germs that can make people sick.
Activities
Achoo! It's Novel Flu... and SARS-CoV too!
Achoo! When you exhale your air, germs can travel everywhere. This Animal Poo & You lesson teaches about novel influenza (flu) and how it can spread through the air from animals to people, people to animals, and animal to animal.
Activities
Handwash Hoedown
Come join the Handwash Hoedown! The soap you use can help reduce the germs living on your skin. This Animal Poo & You is a sing-along kids and adults can use at the sink to show effective handwashing and how it helps prevent the spread of germs.
Activities
The Vet's Visit
Whether it's a fever, cold, or cough, a visit from the vet is just the trick. This Animal Poo & You lesson teaches about different signs of disease in animals and how veterinarians help keep animals healthy.
Activities
Special Thanks
Animal Poo & You is a collaborative project between the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA), the California Department of Public Health (CDPH), the University of California 4-H Development Program, the California Foundation for Agriculture in the Classroom, Bike City Theatre Company, and Le Studio de Mon Creatch. Financial support for this project was provided in part by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists, and the CDFA Antimicrobial Use and Stewardship Program.
