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Biosecurity

Meaning in veterinary medicine, with examples

/ˌbaɪəʊsɪˈkjʊərəti/nounCommon term

In veterinary medicine, biosecurity means: The set of measures used to stop infectious diseases from getting into a farm, clinic or country and from spreading inside it.

In Turkish: biyogüvenlik

How it is used

Covers controls on animal movements, quarantine of new stock, cleaning and disinfection, foot dips, protective clothing and visitor rules. Farm vets check biosecurity during visits, and it is essential on poultry and pig units.

Example sentences

  1. As part of the farm's biosecurity, all visitors wear boots and overalls provided by the farm.

  2. Poor biosecurity was the most likely way the virus got into the flock.

Common collocations

  • biosecurity measures
  • farm biosecurity
  • strict biosecurity
  • biosecurity plan
  • breach of biosecurity
  • quarantineKeeping animals apart for a set period because they may carry an infectious disease, so that it does not spread to other animals.
  • notifiable diseaseA disease that, by law, must be reported to the government veterinary authorities as soon as it is suspected, even before it is confirmed.
  • herdA group of animals of one kind that live, feed or are farmed together, especially cattle, goats, pigs or horses.
  • poultryBirds kept for meat or eggs, such as chickens, turkeys, ducks and geese. The word also means the meat of these birds.

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