Actions taken by the Secretary in January to June 2010

Attachment 2 - Actions taken by a delegate of the secretary with respect to reportable mortality incidents
Departure	Export Licence Holder	Actions taken by a delegate of the Secretary
Febuary 2010	Wellard Rural Exports	The department is finalising the investigation into the cause of the mortalities and that investigation report will be placed on the department’s website. The department placed the following conditions on a subsequent consignment of cattle exported to Egypt by this exporter in June 2010: The cattle are provided at least an additional 10 per cent space above the stocking density prescribed in the Australian Standards for the Export of Livestock. Days loading the cattle on board the vessel to be included in the final calculation for feed, water and bedding provided. All feed, water, and bedding to be loaded prior to completion of loading of cattle. antibiotics appropriate for the treatment of bovine respiratory disease at the rate of at least 100 cattle doses per 1000 head of cattle loaded. anti-inflammatory drugs- flunixin or equivalent- at a rate of at least 50 cattle doses per 1000 head of cattle loaded. The on board veterinary supplies should include: The end of voyage report must include details of the suspected causes of mortality (based on post mortem examination findings where possible). The result for the consignment with these conditions applied was 18 mortalities reported out of 17,186 cattle loaded which equates to an acceptable mortality rate of 0.10 per cent.

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