Betekenis van:
moribund
moribund
Bijvoeglijk naamwoord
- being on the point of death; breathing your last
"a moribund patient"
Voorbeeldzinnen
- If available, a representative selection of recently dead and moribund aquaculture animals should be examined clinically, both externally and internally, for major pathological changes.
- Carcases must be taken of birds that have died recently or that are severely sick or moribund and have been killed humanely.
- Cloacal and tracheal/oropharyngeal swabs and/or tissues from wild birds found dead or moribund shall be sampled for molecular detection (PCR) and/or virus isolation.
- A risk-based surveillance (RBS) shall be implemented as a ‘passive’ surveillance system by laboratory investigation of moribund wild birds or birds found dead and it shall be specifically directed towards water bird species.
- If the epidemiological situation for the HPAI H5N1 virus so requires, surveillance activities shall be enhanced by awareness raising and active searching and monitoring for dead or moribund wild birds, in particular for those belonging to TS.
- A representative selection of all epidemiological units should be inspected. If available, a representative selection of recently dead and moribund aquaculture animals should be examined clinically, both externally and internally, for major pathological changes.