biosecurity
noun
bio·se·cu·ri·ty
ˌbī-(ˌ)ō-si-ˈkyu̇r-ə-tē 
: security from exposure to harmful biological agents
also
: measures taken to ensure this security
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The country’s Department of Conservation (DOC) launched a major biosecurity response involving trapping experts, dogs, trail cameras, helicopters and boats that took eight months to finally trap and kill the mustelid in what one official claimed as a big victory.
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Dhruv Tikekar, CNN, 10 Apr. 2024
More information on biosecurity measures can be found here.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 27 Mar. 2024
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Dhruv Tikekar, CNN, 10 Apr. 2024
More information on biosecurity measures can be found here.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 27 Mar. 2024
See all Example Sentences for biosecurity
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biosecurity
noun
bio·se·cu·ri·ty
ˌbī-ō-si-ˈkyu̇r-ə-tē
: security from exposure to harmful biological agents (such as pathogenic microorganisms)
You would expect the organisation responsible for ensuring biosecurity in labs working with dangerous animal pathogens like foot and mouth disease to know about any accidents that have occurred in those labs.—Linda Geddes, New Scientist
Linda Geddes, New Scientist
also
: measures taken to ensure this security
In areas where poultry farms are on adjoining or nearby properties or in areas tied together by common waterways, roads, or flyways, the risk of disease spread from one farm to another is greatly increased no matter what type of biosecurity is practiced by individual farms. —Carol J. Cardona, in Avian Influenza
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