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In an emergency animal disease outbreak, it may be necessary to destroy infected and in-contact animals on-farm. Livestock depopulation methods are evolving, and animal welfare experts should assess any emerging methods before they’re used. We commissioned two independent evidence-based animal…
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We bring together governments, CSIRO, private and university animal health laboratories to establish and maintain standards for all veterinary laboratories in Australia.Best practice animal health laboratory services are essential to ensuring the quality of pest and disease detection and management…
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The Department of Agriculture and Water Resources has completed its group pest risk analysis (PRA) for thrips and orthotospoviruses on fresh fruit, vegetable, cut-flower and foliage imports.
As our first group PRA, we considered the biosecurity risk posed by plant-feeding thrips insects (…
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Animal Health Committee (AHC), September 2020
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Authors: Rupert Summerson, Maggie Skirtun, Kasia Mazur, Tony Arthur, Robert Curtotti and Robert Smart
Black-striped mussel is native to the Caribbean Sea region between North and South America. It has spread to many other countries outside its native range, including a number of Asian countries…
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2024Defining the agricultural workforceThe agricultural workforce is often only considered to be those who work on-farm. However, there are a large number of people who support agriculture, or work in the agricultural supply chain, who may also be considered as working in agriculture or agriculture…
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29 November 2022
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Animal Biosecurity Advice 2022-A09: Release of the members of the scientific advisory group’s report on the provisional final report for the prawn review (PDF 240 KB)
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Cattle exported to Middle East in December 2022
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Report 230: Independent Observer summary report on MV Al Kuwait in December 2022 (PDF 417 KB)
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Livestock: 113 cattle and 58,732 sheep…
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The Special Representative for Australian Agriculture, Ms Su McCluskey, travelled to the United Kingdom (UK), Italy and France in October 2024 to promote Australian agricultural sustainability credentials and gain insight into global natural capital policy.Engaging with trading partners and…
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Last updated 13 March 2025DownloadNotice to Industry 17: Sampling requirements for Equine Influenza testing (PDF 296 KB) IntroductionAustralian import conditions require testing of horses for equine influenza virus in quarantine. A validated pan-reactive polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay…
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