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OverviewAnimal Health Australia (AHA) developed and led Exercise Milky Way. It was a joint industry and government exercise to test the raw milk movement controls from the AUSVETPLAN Response strategy: Foot-and-mouth disease Version 5.3.The simulation exercise was conducted from 28 August to 15…
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OverviewThis project aims to enhance serological diagnostic capabilities at the Australian Centre for Disease Preparedness for equine piroplasmosis caused by protozoal parasites Theileria equi and Babesia caballi.Project Lead: Australian Centre for Disease Preparedness; Department of Agriculture,…
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OverviewThis project assessed the performance of existing molecular ‘Differentiating Infected from Vaccinated Animals’ (DIVA) assays that are based on real-time, or quantitative, Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR).Project Lead: Australian Centre for Disease Preparedness; Department of Agriculture,…
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OverviewAustralia’s Animal Sector Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Action Plan 2023 to 2028 (the action plan) aligns with the 7 objectives of Australia’s National AMR Strategy – 2020 and Beyond. It also lines up with the priority activities of the One Health Master Action Plan for Australia’s…
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OverviewThe department delivered Exercise Paratus – a multiyear exercise program. It aimed to enhance Australia’s capability to respond to current and emerging biosecurity threats.The objectives of the exercise were to:practice our emergency management arrangements to enhance internal capability to…
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OverviewOne Biosecurity is South Australia’s (SA) voluntary, free on-farm biosecurity management program for livestock producers.Developed together with key industry groups, including Livestock SA, the online One Biosecurity portal helps to protect animal health. It supports producers to adopt good…
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OverviewThe desktop and functional exercises were completed with great success in 2023.Activities 1 and 2 were conducted at AgriBio, Bundoora, Victoria in September 2023.The focus of these 2 desktop activities were laboratory resources and logistics.Activity 3 was conducted at the Tasmanian Animal…
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OverviewAnimal Health Australia and the Department of Primary Industries and Regions, South Australia funded the development of an app, Sheep EAD AR. This app is available in the Apple, Google play and Microsoft App Stores.Producers and other stakeholders can use the app on mobile devices and the…
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OverviewThe AUSVETPLAN Management manual: Laboratory preparedness has been updated by the AUSVETPLAN technical writing group. It also has support from the Laboratories for Emergency Animal Disease Diagnosis and Response network and the Subcommittee on Animal Health Laboratory Standards.The manual…
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OverviewIn 2023, AUSVETPLAN Response strategy: Lumpy skin disease Version 5.1 was published on the AHA website. Updates included relevant learnings from Exercise LSD2, a government and industry exercise held in December 2022 to test components of the previous version of the AUSVETPLAN Response…
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