What is biosecurity?
A. Biosecurity literally means ‘ safe life’. For livestock farmers it is about the prevention of disease causing agents entering or leaving any place where farm animals are present or have been present recently. It involves a number of measures designed to prevent disease causing agents from entering or leaving a property and being spread. Of particular concern at markets is that disease causing agents can be present in animals’ breath, faeces, urine, semen, milk, nasal secretions and saliva.
