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As Australia’s Chief Veterinary Officer, I can confirm that lumpy skin disease, or LSD, has never been detected in Australia, and Australia remains free from the disease.
The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) has been advised by the Indonesian Agriculture and Quarantine…
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Australia’s strong biosecurity system is continuing to protect against lumpy skin disease, which affects cattle and water buffalo and which could have a devastating impact if it arrived in Australia.
Australia’s Chief Veterinary Officer, Dr Mark Schipp, said the presence and likely further spread…
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11 October 2024Attention:Registered Skins and Hides exporters, manufacturers, agents, freight forwardersDepartment of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (the department) - Central and Regional offices.Summary of changes and key points:To notify that Skins and Hides products are moving to the Next…
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High-quality, comprehensive free trade agreements (FTAs) play an important role in:supporting free and open global tradeenhancing the international competitiveness of Australian exports.Free trade agreements can cover entire regions with many participants or link just two economies. Under these…
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DownloadNational Lumpy Skin Disease Action Plan (PDF 2.5 MB)National Lumpy Skin Disease Action Plan (DOC 1.1 MB)If you have difficulty accessing these files, visit web accessibility for assistance.On 13 October 2022, the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry released the National Lumpy…
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Scientific name: Capripoxvirus
About LSD
This disease causes cattle and water buffalo to become severely unwell.
Milk production in animals with LSD is significantly impacted.
LSD may also cause cows to abort their young.
Countries with an LSD outbreak loose access to global markets.
LSD is…
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Australia has handed over 500,000 doses of lumpy skin disease (LSD) vaccines to Indonesia as part of the Australian Government’s work to fight exotic animal diseases before they reach our shores.The vaccines are part of 1 million doses the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry is…
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As part of our work under the Northern Australia Biosecurity Strategy (NABS), we have developed an animation to increase awareness and encourage early detection and reporting of lumpy skin disease.Keep a TopWatch!Video transcriptSick and Dead AnimalsNorthern Australia Quarantine Strategy (NAQS)What…
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18 November 2024Who does this notice affect?Importers of dairy and beef for human consumption from Japan.Importers of bovine fluid and tissue samples for laboratory research from Japan.What has changed?The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry has been notified of an outbreak of Lumpy…
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Date of issue: 24 August 2017
Date of effect: Immediate
Attention:Australian Hides Skins and Leather Exporters Association (AHSLEA)Animal skins and hides processors/packersExporters and…
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