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World Zoonoses Day: Prolific mice numbers highlight risk of zoonotic disease

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  • Biosecurity
06 July 2021
On World Zoonoses Day, Australia’s Chief Veterinary Officer Dr Mark Schipp has highlighted how the risk of zoonoses, diseases which can be…

Annual forum to discuss top plant disease risk

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  • Plants
07 May 2021
The Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment has hosted the first online forum with industry and federal and state governments to review…

Biosecurity keeping Australia’s cattle and buffalo free from Lumpy skin disease

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  • Diseases
30 April 2021
Lumpy skin disease (LSD), a significant animal disease which affects cattle and water buffalo, could have a devastating impact if it arrived in…

Experts come together to tackle myrtle rust

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  • Biosecurity
26 March 2021
Leading experts have come together to share their research as part of a national action plan to combat the highly invasive fungal disease myrtle rust.

Protecting Australia’s dog population from biosecurity diseases

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05 March 2021
The department is calling on all dog owners to be extra vigilant, following the dog disease ehrlichiosis becoming established in the north of Western…

Opportunities and challenges for biosecurity as we look towards 2030

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05 March 2021
Biosecurity is a key theme of Ag2030 and vital in reaching the agriculture sector’s ambitious target to achieve $100 billion in farm gate output by…

Glovebox Guide to support feral cat management

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  • Animals
22 February 2021
A new guide has been developed to help agricultural and environmental land managers address the growing threat posed by feral cats. 

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