Animalplan 2022 to 2027 is Australia’s first national action plan for production animal health. It aims to strengthen animal health practices in our livestock industries.
The plan consolidates themes from over 30 existing strategies, action plans and frameworks. This includes the Commonwealth Biosecurity 2030 roadmap and the National Biosecurity Strategy.
Animalplan 2022 to 2027 was endorsed by the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, and by State and Territory Agriculture Ministers, in September 2022.
Animalplan 2022 to 2027
Animalplan is Australia’s first national action plan for production animal health.
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Animalplan Progress Reports
Progress reports are developed by the Animalplan Steering Committee Secretariat (DAFF), state and territory governments, industry groups and non-government organisations.
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Animalplan 2022 to 2027 Progress Report 6 – February 2025 (PDF 523 KB)
Animalplan 2022 to 2027 Progress Report 6 – February 2025 (DOCX 219 KB)
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Animalplan 2022 to 2027 Progress Report 5 – November 2024 (PDF 523 KB)
Animalplan 2022 to 2027 Progress Report 5 – November 2024 (DOCX 219 KB)
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Animalplan 2022 to 2027 Progress Report 4 – August 2024 (PDF 491 KB)
Animalplan 2022 to 2027 Progress Report 4 – August 2024 (DOCX 163 KB)
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Animalplan 2022 to 2027 Progress Report 3 – May 2024 (PDF 448 KB)
Animalplan 2022 to 2027 Progress Report 3 – May 2024 (DOCX 113 KB)
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Animalplan 2022 to 2027 Progress Report 2 – February 2024 (PDF 446 KB)
Animalplan 2022 to 2027 Progress Report 2 – February 2024 (DOCX 100 KB)
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Animalplan 2022 to 2027 Progress Report 1 - November 2023 (PDF 441 KB)
Animalplan 2022 to 2027 Progress Report 1 - November 2023 (DOCX 100 KB)
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Animalplan projects
The Animalplan Secretariat is developing a database of current and previous projects that are aligned with these 7 objectives. While the database is being developed, Animalplan projects are listed with links where available below.
Active projects
- Project 17: Feral pig modelling: Enhancing decision making on EAD operations
- Project contact: Robyn.Grob@daf.qld.gov.au
- Project 26: Enhancing decision making on EAD operations
- Project contact: aha@animalhealthaustralia.com.au
- Project 27: Emergency Animal Disease (EAD) Crisis Management Planning
- Project contact: Robyn.Grob@daf.qld.gov.au
- Project 32: Disposal priority project focusing on pyrolysis and composting as methods for large animal disposal
- Project contact: Animal.biosecurity@dpi.nsw.gov.au
- Project 52: South Australian pig biosecurity project
- Project contact: Department of Primary Industries and Regions, South Australia
- Project 63: Future of Australian Animal Health (2030-2035)
- Project contact: animalplan@aff.gov.au
Completed Projects
- Project 15: Carcass Disposal – Destroy and let lie
- Project contact: Robyn.Grob@daf.qld.gov.au
- Project 22: Risk assessment for the introduction of lumpy skin disease (LSD) into Australia through non-regulated pathways: A summary is available on the DAFF website: Improving our understanding of the risks of LSD incursions via non-regulated pathways.
- Project contact: Animal Health Policy (ADPR), DAFF, adpr@aff.gov.au
- Project 25: Virtual Reality to support Foot-and-Mouth Disease (FMD) training (Phase 2):
- For public information about the project, please see: agriculture.gov.au/agriculture-land/animal/health/virtual-reality.
- Project contact: DAFF, vrfmd@aff.gov.au
- Project 28: A syndromic surveillance system to detect emerging animal biosecurity threats
- Project contact: animalplan@aff.gov.au
- Project 33: Independent expert review of the veterinary science education capability of Australia and New Zealand
- Project contact: eo@vsanz.org.au
- Project 38: AUSVETPLAN Response strategy: Lumpy skin disease
- Project contact: aha@animalhealthaustralia.com.au
- Project 39: Exercise Milky Way
- Project 40: Exercise Paratus
- Project contact: animalplan@aff.gov.auDAFF
- Project 41: An augmented reality app to demonstrate the signs of four sheep EADs
- Project contact: aha@animalhealthaustralia.com.au
Active Projects
- Project 2: Evaluation of antibody-detecting immunoassays for lumpy skin disease in cattle and buffalo
- Project contact: T Bowden, Australian Centre for Disease Preparedness – CSIRO, animalhealthlaboratories@aff.gov.au
- Project 6: Northern Australia’s biosecurity sequencing (NABSeq) high throughput sequencing (HTS) network
- Project contact: M Sistrom, Berrimah Veterinary Laboratory, Mark.Sistrom@nt.gov.au
- Project 7: Lumpy skin disease testing capacity building in the Laboratories Emergency Animal Disease Diagnosis and Response (LEADDR) network
- Project contact: DAFF, animalhealthlaboratories@aff.gov.au
- Project 8: Development & evaluation of a POC test network for emergency animal disease diagnosis
- Project contact: DAFF, Aanimalhealthlaboratories@aff.gov.au
- Project 9: MicroRNA biomarkers for improved detection of animal diseases in a Johne’s disease model
- Project contact: C Stewart, Australian Centre for Disease Preparedness, CSIRO, Cameron.Stewart@csiro.au.
- Project 51: Equine piroplasmosis diagnostic capability development
- Project contact: animalhealthlaboratories@aff.gov.au
- Project 54: Improve national diagnostic capability for glanders
- Project contact: animalhealthlaboratories@aff.gov.au
- Project 55: Assessment and improvement of national bluetongue serological capability – a comparative study of commercial and in-house ELISAs
- Project contact: animalhealthlaboratories@aff.gov.au
- Project 56: Improvement of serological testing for flaviviruses in Australian livestock
- Project contact: animalhealthlaboratories@aff.gov.au
- Project 57: Towards validation of a microRNA-based diagnostic test for Johne's disease
- Project contact: animalhealthlaboratories@aff.gov.au
- Project 58: Assessment of molecular DIVA capabilities for lumpy skin disease virus
- Project contact: animalhealthlaboratories@aff.gov.au
- Project 59: Quality assurance for HTS as an infectious agent discovery tool
- Project contact: animalhealthlaboratories@aff.gov.au
- Project 61: The Australian Biosecurity Genomic Database (phase 3)
- Project contact: animalhealthlaboratories@aff.gov.au
- Project 62: Building a sustainable national sample identification system for animal diagnostics – a pilot study using pre-barcoded sample collection tubes
- Project contact: animalhealthlaboratories@aff.gov.au
Completed Projects
- Project 1: Australian Biosecurity Genomic Database for notifiable terrestrial animal viruses (phase 2)
- Project Contact: P Mee, AgriBio,AgricultureVictoria, Peter.Mee@agriculture.vic.gov.au
- Project 2: Developing lumpy skin disease and African horse sickness whole genome sequencing workflows
- Project contact: M Neave, Australian Centre for Disease Preparedness – CSIRO, animalhealthlaboratories@aff.gov.au
- Project 4: Establishing networked serological testing capability for African swine fever
- Project contact: DAFF, animalhealthlaboratories@aff.gov.au
- Project 5: Sample Tracking and Reporting System (STARS) enhancement
- Project contact: A Bowers, Australian Centre for Disease Preparedness – CSIRO, animalhealthlaboratories@aff.gov.au
- Project 10: Developing an immunohistochemistry test for lumpy skin disease
- Project contact: J Bingham, Australian Centre for Disease Preparedness – CSIRO, animalhealthlaboratories@aff.gov.au
- Project 11: Consultancy for policies, strategies and operating guidelines for point of care (POC) testing for infectious disease
- Project contact: DAFF, animalhealthlaboratories@aff.gov.au
- Project 18: National laboratory simulation exercise planning
- Project contact: animalhealthlaboratories@aff.gov.au
- Project 28: A syndromic surveillance system to detect emerging animal biosecurity threats
- Project contact: animalplan@aff.gov.au
- Project 36: National laboratory simulation exercise (Exercise Waterhole)
- Project contact: DAFF, animalhealthlaboratories@aff.gov.au
- Project 42: AUSVETPLAN Management manual: Laboratory preparedness
- Project contact: aha@animalhealthaustralia.com.au
Active Projects
- Project 12: Smallholder risk and communication research
- Project contact: S Thomson, DAFF, adpr@aff.gov.au
- Project 37: Enhancement of One Biosecurity System
- Project contact: Department of Primary Industries and Regions, South Australia
- Project 52: South Australian pig biosecurity project
- Project contact: Department of Primary Industries and Regions, South Australia
- Project 63: Future of Australian Animal Health (2030-2035)
- Project contact: DAFF, animalplan@aff.gov.au
Completed Projects
- Project 20: Building EAD preparedness in domestic abattoirs
- On 12 October 2021, the former Minister for Agriculture, Minister Littleproud, made a statement on this project on 12 October 2021, this statement can be found here.
- Project contacts: T Scanlan, DAFF, adpr@aff.gov.au
- Project 28: A syndromic surveillance system to detect emerging animal biosecurity threats
- Project contact: animalplan@aff.gov.au
- Project 43: National Biosecurity Manual
- Project contact: aha@animalhealthaustralia.com.au
Active Projects
- Project 44: Australia’s Animal Sector Antimicrobial Resistance Action Plan 2022 to 2027
- Project contact: DAFF, animalplan@aff.gov.au
- Project 53: Defining ‘appropriateness of antimicrobial use’ framework for the Australian animal sector
- Project contact: DAFF, animalplan@aff.gov.au
Completed Projects
- Project 13: Antimicrobial resistance survey in the pig industry
- A repeat AMR survey in the Australian pig industry is commencing and will provide data to compare to previous surveys for monitoring and quality assurance purposes. Project contact: R Chia, Australian Pork Llimited, raymond.chia@australianpork.com.au
- Project 24: Mitigating on-farm antimicrobial resistance (AMR) risks for livestock industries
- Project contact: P Coombe, Coombe Consulting, peter@coombeconsulting.com.au
- Project information pending.
Active Projects
- Project 23: Australian Agriculture Sustainability Framework (AASF)
- Project 60: Materiality Assessment for the Australian Beef Sustainability Framework
- Project contact: info@mla.com.au
Active Projects
- Project 34: Agricultural Traceability Enhancement: Australian Government contribution
- Project contact: L Nind, DAFF, nationaltraceabilitysummit@aff.gov.au.
- Project 45: Alpaca NLIS
- Project contact: aha@animalhealthaustralia.com.au
- Project 47:The National Agricultural Traceability Strategy 2023 to 2033
- The National Agricultural Traceability Strategy 2023 to 2033 was launched in July 2023
- Project contact: DAFF, nationaltraceabilitysummit@aff.gov.au
- Project 48: National mandatory individual electronic identification (eID) for sheep and goats
- Project contact: DAFF, animalplan@aff.gov.au
- Project 49: NLIS Database Uplift project
- Project contact: DAFF, animalplan@aff.gov.au
- Project 50: MyFeedback data
- Project contact: MSA (MLA)
Completed Projects
- Project 46: Deer Traceability
- Project contact: Agrifutures Australia
Animalplan Steering Committee
The committee works with government and industry stakeholders. It supports projects and activities that strengthen our national animal health system.
The committee’s role is to:
- prioritise industry and government animal health initiatives
- refine and endorse project proposals
- ensure projects align with industry and government strategic plans
- monitor and report on project progress and make recommendations.
The Animalplan Steering Committee meets quarterly.
How we connect with our stakeholders
Do you have a project idea that will contribute to the Animalplan national objectives?
You must submit your project to the Animalplan Steering Committee through the key stakeholder group that best aligns with your project idea. The Steering Committee will consider your project.
The key stakeholders that work with the committee are:
- Agriculture Innovation Australia
- Animal Health Australia
- Animal Health Committee
- Animal Industries Antimicrobial Stewardship RD&E Steering Committee
- Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
- Industry Forum Emergency Animal Diseases Working Group
- National Farmers’ Federation
- Veterinary Schools of Australia and New Zealand
Please note that Animalplan 2022 to 2027 is not a funding body.
Webinars
Find out more about Animalplan projects and activities in our Webinar series.