Know the signs of Foot-and-mouth disease
Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) is a highly contagious animal disease that affects cattle, sheep, goats and pigs.
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Foot-and-mouth disease and lumpy skin disease are two of the world’s most serious animal diseases.
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News and Media
- Statement
- Biosecurity
10 August 2022
Statement by Secretary and Director of Biosecurity Andrew Metcalfe AO, to Senate Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport References Committee for its inquiry into the Adequacy of Aust
- News
- Foot-and-mouth disease
4 August 2022
The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry has recently become aware of a fraudulent email campaign using the outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) in Indonesia to hook in victims.
- Media release
- Biosecurity
4 August 2022
The department’s biosecurity detector dog program is recruiting new biosecurity detector dog handlers, with applications open from Thursday 4 August 2022.