GAINESVILLE -- The University of Florida is prepared for all sorts of disasters. Even zombies.

A disaster-recovery exercise that explains how the school could respond to an outbreak of the undead was posted on the UF e-Learning Support Services website. The site also contains plans for events such as hurricanes.

The zombie attack exercise lays out the university's response to attacks by ``flesh-eating, apparently life impaired individuals.''

``Some employees may prefer weapons such as chain saws, baseball bats, and explosives that have been shown to be effective against zombies,'' the plan says.

It includes an ``infected co-worker dispatch form'' that has a place to list the co-worker's symptoms such as ``lack of rational thought (this can cause problems confusing zombies with managers).''

A University of Florida spokesman said the exercise was designed to ``add a little bit of levity'' to disaster preparation discussions.

The plan was no longer available on the UF website Thursday.