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- Diseases
Australia has donated 400,000 dog rabies vaccines to Indonesia to combat the spread of the disease.
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- Animals
Agriculture ministers from all states and territories have now endorsed the new Australian Animal Welfare Standards and Guidelines for Poultry.
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- Diseases
Today is World Zoonoses Day, and Australia is focused on the global fight against rabies, through regional support for Indonesia, Papua New Guinea,…
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- Awareness
In a significant step up in regional One Health and disease prevention capabilities, Wildlife Health Australia has achieved official designation from…
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- Animals
Senior Australian experts, led by Australia’s delegate to the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) and Chief Veterinary Officer, Dr Mark…
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- Animals
On World Veterinary Day 2023 we celebrate the diversity of veterinarians across Northern Australia as they work to protect the health of animals and…
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- Animals
Today’s celebration of World Wildlife Day acknowledges the importance of wildlife and biodiversity-based resources that help our sector to remain…
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- Animals
World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH, formerly OIE) Director General, Dr Monique Éloit is visiting Australia for the first time this week.
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- Animals
On One Health Day 2022 Australia’s Three Chiefs are highlighting the importance of working together to address environmental changes contributing to…
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- Animals
Have your say on draft rabies risk review
A draft report into a policy review of the rabies virus risk in imported cats and dogs has today been…
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- Animals
New procedures for imported animal-based pet food through the mail will see items destroyed if they don’t pass muster.
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- Biosecurity
World Rabies Day 2022 with the theme ‘Rabies: One Health, Zero Deaths’ is raising awareness of the global target to end human deaths from dog-…
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- Biosecurity
The ‘Detecting illegal wildlife trafficking via real time tomography 3D x-ray imaging and automated algorithms’ paper by Pirotta et al.
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- Biosecurity
The Office of the Chief Veterinary Officer (OCVO) has seconded four staff to work overseas – one at the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in…