Question

Plant and animal quarantines are included in
A) Regulatory methods
B) Chemical methods
C) Cultural methods
D) Monitoring methods

Answer 1

Hint: Quarantine is defined as a strict isolation imposed on persons, animals, plants on arrival to a place when they are suspected of carrying any infectious disease. This is done to prevent the spread of the disease.

Complete answer:
Plant quarantine: It is a legal enforcement of methods imposed to prevent the pest from spreading or multiplying further if they have already entered into a new area. The aim of the plant quarantine is to give protection to the agriculture of a region against the alien pathogen which can establish itself and cause destruction.
The plant quarantine is done by planting the plant after 40 days after it is brought.

Animal Quarantine- It is animal health restrictions that are placed on the movement of species of animals that are suspected of having been infected by certain pathogens. They are quarantined until the infection is considered to be removed.
The animals are quarantined to prevent the spread of diseases like rabies, hepatitis, parvovirus etc.

The method of quarantine is considered as a regulatory method as it is strict enforcement to regulate the spread of a pest or pathogen.

Thus the correct answer is option (A)

Note:Quarantine is a regulatory action to stop the animal or plant pathogens in a restricted or new area. The main purpose is to prevent the spread of disease. The livestock are quarantined when they are suspected to spread the pathogen.