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  • Foot-and-mouth disease
    • A review of Australia's preparedness for the threat of foot-and-mouth disease
      • National foot-and-mouth disease vaccination policy
    • Potential for wind-borne spread of FMD in Australia

Additional resources

If your livestock are showing signs of foot-and-mouth disease, immediately call the
Emergency Animal Disease Hotline on 1800 675 888
(free call within Australia)

This section provides a wide range of additional foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) resources and links from various organisations including practical tools, videos, fact sheets, posters and more.

About FMD

About FMD and the risk.

Watch this short video on what you need to know about foot-and-mouth disease developed by New Zealand’s Ministry of Primary Industries.

FMD image gallery

For pictures of FMD symptoms in livestock, check out Animal Health Australia’s image galleries for:

  • pigs
  • cattle
  • sheep and goats.

Note: these pictures have graphic content that may upset some people.

Trade situation in Hungary and Slovakia

On 7 March 2025, Hungary notified the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) of an outbreak of FMD in a herd of dairy cattle. To help mitigate the risk of FMD spreading, a 3 km protection zone and a 10 km surveillance zone around the impacted premises has been established, which also comprises territory in neighbouring Slovakia. On 21 March 2025, an FMD outbreak was also reported in Slovakia.

To manage the biosecurity risk to Australia, we have removed both Hungary and Slovakia from our FMD-free country list and suspended imports that require country freedom from FMD. 

  • Information for importers 

Trade situation in Germany

On 10 January 2025, Germany notified the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) of an outbreak of FMD in a water buffalo herd. Australia has since removed Germany from its FMD-free country list and suspended imports that require country freedom from FMD.

  • Information for importers

Livestock producers

Foot-and-mouth disease industry fact sheet – Download

FMD industry fact sheet (PDF 1 MB)
FMD industry fact sheet (DOCX 159 KB)

If you have difficulty accessing these files, visit web accessibility for assistance.

Learn how to identify FMD in your livestock.

To access free farm biosecurity advice and resources visit the farm biosecurity website.

Check out the following online resources for livestock producers:

  • information on livestock biosecurity at events (Animal Health Australia)
  • a quick guide to compensation and valuation in an EAD response (Animal Health Australia)
  • information on what a national livestock standstill means (Animal Health Australia)
  • an article on four ways to protect your livestock and livelihood (Meat & Livestock Australia)
  • a webinar on practical actions for livestock producers (Meat & Livestock Australia)
  • what you need to know about FMD and lumpy skin disease (Meat & Livestock Australia)
  • how to identify and respond to FMD (Australian Lot Feeders’ Association)
  • read about the impact of FMD on our wool industry (Australian Wool Innovation).

Dairy

The following resources have been developed by Dairy Australia:

  • information on emergency animal disease preparedness for dairy farms.

Pig

For information on biosecurity for pigs, including downloadable fact sheets and posters on FMD and swill feeding, visit Australian Pork Limited’s website.

Also check out how to develop a biosecurity management plan and resources for pig keeping and production (Australian Pork Limited).

Alpaca

Read about alpaca biosecurity from the Australian Alpaca Association.

Meat processing

An emergency animal disease response training program for the red meat processing sector, developed by the Australian Meat Processor Corporation.

Retailers

Download

Foot-and-mouth disease preparedness and response information for the retail sector (DOCX 122 KB)

If you have difficulty accessing these files, visit web accessibility for assistance.

Travellers and mailing goods

Foot-and-mouth disease fact sheet – Download

FMD fact sheet (PDF 387 KB)
FMD fact sheet (DOCX 216 KB)

If you have difficulty accessing these files, visit web accessibility for assistance.

Read the fact sheet to understand the goods you must declare and what happens if you don’t.

Learn how to clean your shoes to stop the spread of FMD.

Check what is permitted entry to Australia when bringing or mailing goods.

Veterinarians

Find out more about our FMD national response arrangements including the role of vaccination in responding to an incursion.

Work with the Northern Australia Biosecurity Surveillance Network (NABSnet) to improve general surveillance for animal pests and diseases.

For information on important emergency animal diseases that do not exist in Australia or that are rare get the guide - Emergency Animal Disease Field Guide for vets.

To access free FMD resources for veterinarians and veterinary paraprofessionals, visit Queensland government’s Department of Agriculture and Fisheries webpage.

For information specific to dairy veterinarians and service providers, check out Dairy Australia’s biosecurity information webpage.

Wildlife

For information on how FMD could affect native wildlife, check out Wildlife Health Australia’s exotic fact sheet.

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