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- Media release
- Diseases
Prevention of future pandemics and major health events requires cooperation across health sectors and disciplines via a One Health approach.
- Statement
- Department
The department has received several enquiries recently about the potential use of mRNA vaccines in livestock.
- Media release
- Diseases
Australia has donated 400,000 dog rabies vaccines to Indonesia to combat the spread of the disease.
- Newsletter
- Animals
Avian influenza is a highly contagious viral disease of birds and can affect most wild and domesticated bird species.
- Newsletter
- Animals
Preventing and controlling emergency animal diseases such as foot-and-mouth disease, lumpy skin disease, and dog-mediated rabies requires…
- Newsletter
- Animals
The Office of the Chief Veterinary Officer (OCVO) – Northern Australia is well and truly up and running, led by Australian Deputy Chief Veterinary…
- Media release
- Biosecurity
Shuttle stallions are highly valuable, male thoroughbred and standardbred horses who are ‘shuttled’ between the Northern and Southern hemisphere to…
- Media release
- Diseases
Today is World Zoonoses Day, and Australia is focused on the global fight against rabies, through regional support for Indonesia, Papua New Guinea,…
- Biosecurity
Sydney’s warm and wet weather over the past year has kept Australia’s frontline biosecurity officers busy in the fight against mosquito-borne…
- Media release
- Biosecurity
The Australian Government has kicked off a new $1.4 million capacity enhancing project in Indonesia, providing Australian expertise in-country, to…
- Media release
- 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…
- News
- Animals
The department is the largest public sector employer of veterinarians in Australia.