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D-biosecurity Dictionary

Biosecurity

Measures that keep disease out of a farm or flock

All termsIntroduced in Module 6Open the Toolkit
An open dictionary on a farm office desk
Plain meaning
Measures that keep disease out of a farm or flock
How to use it
Write a biosecurity routine before stock arrives: footbaths, visitor rules, quarantine for new stock and clean water and feed.
South African benchmark
South Africa's avian influenza outbreaks showed biosecurity deciding the survival of commercial flocks.
Country notes
Applies the same way in all five markets.
Go and read
C6 Lesson 6.5, M11-U5, M11-U6
Calculate it
T-C-07 Risk Register
Library sources
LIB-A079
See also
African swine fever, Mortality rate
Four gates between a farm and its market: records, certification, health rules and border permitsThe gates a product must pass to reach a marketFARM1Farm recordstraceability2CertificationGlobalG.A.P., food safety3Plant or animal healthphytosanitary, FMD zones4Border and permitsimport rules, tariffsBuyer
From Module 6, Standards and Market Access, where this term is introduced.

Introduced in C6 Standards and Market Access.