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What to look for
Erratic, strange animal behaviour, such as:
drooling, attacking and biting people, animals or things for no reason, howling, twitching and running around blindly if ‘furious’ rabies
wobbly gait or difficulty walking, paralysed or in a stupor if ‘dumb’ rabies.
Animals…
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What to look for:
Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS) only affects pigs. Infected pigs may show signs of breathing and respiratory distress, anorexia, fever and depression. Some may have highly prominent blue ears. Infertility, abortion or birth of weak piglets can also be…
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Chilo, Sesamia and
Scirpophaga spp.
What to look forBrowning of the upper leaves and holes in the stems of sugarcane.What you can doDo not move sugarcane from Papua New Guinea into the Torres…
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Diaphorina citri.
What to look for
Tiny dark psyllid insects resting at 45⁰ angle whilst feeding on young leaves.
What you can do
Do not move plants, plant material or fruit (especially citrus fruit) out of the Torres Strait Protected Zone to the Torres Strait Permanent Biosecurity…
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Find contact details for Australian national animal health reference laboratories:
Reference laboratories and collaborating centres
Policy for reference laboratories
The role of Australian national reference laboratories is designed to harmonise with the World Organisation for Animal Health (…
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20 November 2015
Species: Livestock
Country: All countries
Relevant to:
Department Regional Managers
Department Live Animal Export Officers
LiveCorp
Registered Premises Operators
Australian Government Accredited Veterinarians - Livestock
Issue
The department has received pregnancy…
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Starting 1 July 2016, an Emergency Plant Pest Response (EPPR) levy of 5 cents per cubic metre of logs will be introduced on exotic softwood trees of the genus
Pinus sp.TypeCurrent Levy Rate (up to…
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Starting 1 July 2016, the overall rate for the deer velvet and deer export levy will be set to zero. The current deer velvet and deer export levy is not viable due to the small amount of funds collected…
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Starting 1 July 2016, the research and development (R&D) and Plant Health Australia (PHA) component of the citrus levy will increase. The overall rate increase for the citrus levy is shown in the…
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Starting 1 July 2016, a research and development (R&D) levy of $0.50 per tonne will be introduced on all exported fodder. The introduction of an R&D levy for export hay with contributions from…
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