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Quarantine

Meaning in veterinary medicine, with examples

/ˈkwɒrəntiːn/nounCommon term

In veterinary medicine, quarantine means: Keeping animals apart for a set period because they may carry an infectious disease, so that it does not spread to other animals.

In Turkish: karantina

How it is used

Used for newly bought livestock, imported animals and pets travelling between some countries. Animals are put into, held in or released from quarantine. Isolation is the related word for animals already known to be sick.

Example sentences

  1. All new heifers stay in quarantine for four weeks before joining the herd.

  2. The farm was placed under quarantine after a suspected case of sheep pox.

Common collocations

  • in quarantine
  • quarantine period
  • quarantine new stock
  • place under quarantine
  • quarantine pen
  • biosecurityThe set of measures used to stop infectious diseases from getting into a farm, clinic or country and from spreading inside it.
  • 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.
  • foot-and-mouth diseaseA highly contagious viral disease of cloven-hoofed animals such as cattle, sheep, goats and pigs, causing fever and blisters in the mouth and on the feet.
  • rabiesA viral disease of the nervous system that spreads mainly through bites from infected animals. Once clinical signs appear, it is almost always fatal in animals and people.

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