Biosecurity
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Biosecurity is a set of preventive measures designed to reduce the risk of transmission of infectious diseases, quarantined pests, invasive alien species, living modified organisms. While biosecurity does encompass the prevention of the intentional removal (theft) of biological materials from research laboratories, this definition is narrower in scope than the definition used by many experts, including the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization. These preventative measures are a combination of systems and practices put into its place at legitimate bioscience laboratories to prevent the use of dangerous pathogens and toxins for malicious use, as well as by customs agents and agricultural and natural resource managers to prevent the spread of these biological agents in natural and managed. Reference no. 123 ecosystems. Although security is usually thought of in terms of "Guards, Gates, and Guns", biosecurity encompasses much more than that and requires the cooperation of scientists, technicians, policy makers, security engineers, and law enforcement officials.
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- Related: Biosecurity in Australia, Biosecurity in New Zealand, Bioterrorism, Biorisk, Biosafety, Heliciculture, Invasive species, Insect farming, Food safety, Good Agricultural Practices, Sericulture, Quarantine, Public health
| Biosecurity for Agriculture and Food Production Biosecurity for Agriculture and Food Production www.fao.org/biosecurity - Web |
| Asia-Pacific Biosecurity Association Asia-Pacific Biosecurity Association www.a-pba.org - Web |
| Animal Biosecurity Animal Biosecurity www.inspection.gc.ca/english/anima/biosec/biosece.shtml - Web |
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| Biosecuritycodes.org Biosecuritycodes.org www.biosecuritycodes.org/events.htm - Web |
