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What is foot-and-mouth disease?
Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) is a serious and highly contagious viral animal disease that affects primarily cloven-hoofed animals including cattle, buffalo, sheep, goats, camels, lamas, alpacas, deer and pigs.
FMD virus is carried by…
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Invasive pests and diseases can cause crops to fail and livestock to die. This can destroy peoples’ livelihoods.
Australia has a rigorous biosecurity system. It protects our country, countries in our region and countries we trade with.
To prevent pests and diseases from entering Australia, we…
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Why is gamma irradiation used?The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry applies a range of biosecurity treatments to products of animal origin. The treatments available include heat treatment and gamma irradiation.Gamma irradiation is a risk management measure that may be offered for…
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Authors: Ahmed Hafi, Jenny Eather and Graeme Garner
Overview
Scrapie could threaten Australia's sheep meat exports, valued at $2.5 billion in 2015–16
This ABARES report presents estimates of the economic impact of a hypothetical outbreak of scrapie in Australia's sheep and goat…
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17/02/2023Who does this notice affect?All non-commercial vessel owners, operators, master’s, arriving in Australian territory to visit, stay or returning Australians.Any shipping agents who represent international non-commercial vessels arriving in Australian territory.Non-commercial vessels…
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The Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Legislation Amendment (Operational Efficiency) Bill 2017, including a government amendment to introduce a governance Board for the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority (APVMA), lapsed when parliament was dissolved in early 2019.A new…
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This indicator reports on the scientific understanding of Australian forest ecosystem characteristics and functions needed to underpin sustainable forest management. Research, inventory and the development of assessment methodologies provide the basis for sustainable forest management.This is the…
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Australia is a party to international treaties that govern the trade of goods. As a member of the World Trade Organization (WTO), Australia is obliged to ensure that sanitary (relating to human and animal health) and phytosanitary (relating to plant health) measures are based on science and applied…
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Offline pre-arrival reporting forms can be used by vessel masters or officers where there is limited or unreliable internet connectivity to meet their pre-arrival reporting obligations as an alternative to direct MARS access.Masters with email but no internet access should download and complete…
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Southern NSW Drought Resilience Adoption and Innovation Hub (hosted by Charles Sturt University)In 2022, the Southern NSW Drought Resilience Adoption and Innovation Hub (the Hub) started the Managing Biosecurity Risks project in a significant step toward engaging regional communities to strengthen…
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