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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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Scientific name: Lissachatina fulica
About GAS
GAS feeds voraciously causing severe damage to agricultural crops and native plants.
It is a host for rat lungworm which causes meningitis in humans.
This snail is listed as one of the top 100 invasive…
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Scientific name: Erionota thrax
About banana skipper butterfly
The banana skipper butterfly lays its eggs on the leaves of banana plants.
The eggs hatch in 5-6 days and grow into caterpillars before maturing into…
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Canine ehrlichiosis is a severe and sometimes fatal disease of dogs, caused by infection with the bacterium Ehrlichia canis. The bacterium is carried by ticks. In Australia, infection occurs when dogs are bitten by an infected brown dog tick. E.canis occurs worldwide, particularly in tropical…
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Opportunities and challenges for Australian grains, beef and dairy exports
Author: James Fell
Urbanisation, food safety and product quality shape a key part of the future of Chinese agricultural policy and opportunities for Australian beef, dairy and grains exporters.
Executive summary…
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The Australian vegetable–growing sector is an important source of food. It supplies most of the fresh vegetables consumed in Australia and provides inputs for the processed vegetable products consumed in Australia or exported.
Vegetables are an important part of healthy eating and provide a…
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This page presents a sample of findings from two ABARES research projects undertaken to examine various social aspects of weed management.Systematic review of Australian weed-related social surveys This report, produced by ABARES…
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Biosecurity engagement: Proposed national action plan for community involvement in plant biosecurity (Consultation Summary Report).
Author: Heleen Kruger
An independent review of Australia’s quarantine and biosecurity arrangements for the Australian Government (Beale et al. 2008), stresses that…
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Fishery status reports 2025 provides an independent evaluation of the biological and economic status of fish stocks managed solely or jointly by the Australian Government.This 30th edition of the Fishery status reports covers the biological status of 56 stocks across 20 fisheries. The reports…
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ABARES Australian fisheries and aquaculture outlook report contains ABARES forecasts for the value of Australian fisheries and aquaculture production and exports, including for the key species rock lobster, salmonids, abalone, tuna and prawns. For detailed historic data of fisheries and aquaculture…
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