title: Biosecurity: safeguarding your veterinarian: client: patient relationship.
abstract: Biosecurity is the management practice that reduces the opportunities for infectious agents to gain access to, or spread within, a food animal production unit. As the public's concern for food safety continues to be directed toward the producer, a well-defined and well-documented biosecurity plan will be a significant factor in ensuring that animal products are safe, wholesome, and acceptable. Veterinarians are the initial control point for biosecurity and therefore are expected by their clientele and the general public to assist in establishing, defining, refining, and practicing biosecurity programs.
authors.affiliation: Caine Veterinary Teaching Center, University of Idaho, 1020 East Homedale Road, Caldwell, ID 83607, USA. jengland@uidaho.edu
authors.forename: James J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: England
mesh_terms: D000820:Animal Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control*; D000818:Animals; D003257:Consumer Product Safety; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000662:veterinary*; D006801:Humans; D008460:Meat / Q000592:standards; D009656:North America; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011364:Professional Practice; D012637:Security Measures; D014730:Veterinary Medicine