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Jackson Conaty, School of Veterinary Science, University of Sydney; Jarrad Sanderson and Sally Thomson, Department of Agriculture and Water Resources
Lumpy Skin Disease
Lumpy skin disease (LSD) is a vector borne viral disease of cattle that causes relatively low mortality however morbidity…
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In early 2024, officers from the Office of the Chief Veterinary Officer travelled to Timor-Leste to help with a large-scale canine rabies vaccination program. With rabies entering neighbouring West Timor for the first time in early 2023, the Timor-Leste Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock Fisheries…
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Australia’s biosecurity frontline has been once again strengthened, with a fresh cohort of biosecurity detector dogs graduating and officially taking up duty at airports, seaports and mail centres across the country.The newest group of 6 detector dogs have completed 8 weeks of intensive training…
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Training our government and industry vets to prepare for emergency animal disease (EAD) responses helps protect Australia’s livestock, domestic and native animals from disease.In May, the European Commission for the Control of Foot and Mouth Disease hosted a virtual training course providing…
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We ensure that all goods, conveyances and travellers meet Australia’s biosecurity import conditions and that food imported into Australia and intended for sale meets food safety requirements.We are responsible for operational policy and front-line regulation to manage biosecurity and imported food…
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19 February 2025DownloadNotice to Industry 7 - Veterinary therapeutic kits (PDF 227 KB)If you have difficulty accessing these files, please visit web accessibility.HTML versionOutcomeThis information is provided to inform travelling grooms and veterinarians of the biosecurity…
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To approve export requests (REXs) under the Export Control Act and associated Rules, you must register as an automated export permit issuer (AEPI) with the department. You also need to register as a Client Group Member for the company you are approving export requests for, see How to register and…
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Farm Household Allowance factsheetsPublication detailsDepartment of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, 2025The Farm Household Allowance (FHA) factsheets provide a high-level view of the FHA program. They should be read in conjunction with the FHA guidelines and the relevant legislation.The Farm…
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Options for the Development of National Standards and Guidelines for Animal WelfareThe AWTG are continuing discussions on the staged approach to improvements to the standards development process.Animal Welfare Standards and Guidelines for Livestock at Processing Facilities and EstablishmentsAWTG 25…
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The Australian Framework for Landcare has been developed by the Landcare community to help guide Landcare over a ten year period (2010-2020).In 2009 a cross section of community Landcarers agreed…
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