Traditional disease surveillance which relies on the collection of data about the occurrence of pre-defined diseases or conditions and which uses agreed-upon case definitions;...

The evaluation of the likelihood that an individual or group of individuals become(s) exposed to a hazard

attraction to birds, usually refered to feeding on birds

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Surveillance that is not focused on specific hazards and uses general tests (e.g. clinical examination or gross pathology). Syndromic surveillance is a form of general...

The number of new cases per population at risk in a given time period.

is the detection and elimination of an exotic species during inspection of an imported consignment, preventing establishment of the species.

The qualitative and/or quantitative evaluation of the nature of the adverse health effects associated with biological, chemical and physical agents, which may be present in food.

Incidence is the number of new cases that occur in a known population over a specified period of time.

Term not used in this sector

As used in this report, refers to insects and ticks, many of which are medically important as vectors of infectious diseases.

Any substance or product, including additives, whether processed, partially processed or unprocessed, intended to be used for oral feeding to animals

Test methods of high diagnostic specificity that are used to confirm results, usually positive results, derived from other test methods.

Any undertaking whether for profitor not and whether public or private, carrying out any operation of production, manufacture, processing, storage, transport or distribution of...

An individual animal infected by a pathogenic agent, with or without clinical signs.

System for the timely detection and identification of an incursion or emergence of diseases or infections in a country, zone or compartment. An early detection system should be...

The laws, regulations and administrative provisions governing feed in general and feed safety in particular, whether at Community or national level; it covers all stages of...

Breakpoints are discriminatory antimicrobial concentrations used in the interpretation of results of susceptibility testing to define isolates as susceptible, intermediate or...

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