2024年05月17日 星期五 22:52
站点: Extension Foundation Online Campus
课程: Avian Influenza Biosecurity for Youth and 4-H Members (Avian Influenza Biosecurity for Youth and 4-H Members)
词汇表: Glossary/Acronyms

Decontamination

A two step process involving cleaning and disinfecting that removes and kills germs.

Contaminated

To contain or be covered with germs such as bacteria and viruses.

Incineration

Complete combustion of organic compounds. This is a biologically safe method but may be slow and expensive. There may be concerns about air pollution.

Rendering

High temperatures and pressure break down animal remains. This requires transportation off site but recycles carcasses into reusable protein feed.

Quarantine

An imposed time period of isolation usually to prevent the spread of a disease.

Virus

A virus is a very small entity that consist essentially of a core of RNA or DNA surrounded by a protein coat that replicates, or copies itself, inside living cells.

Reservoir

The long-term host of a pathogen that remains asymptomatic from the disease it carries.

Case Fatality Ratio

A ratio that shows the number of deaths in infected cases over the total number of infected cases.

CDC

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

WHO

World Health Organization