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Go to description of: 1. Australian plague locust,
Chortoicetes terminifera
Adult 2. Spur-throated locust,…
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7 August 2015Note: this Biosecurity Advice notice replaces the previous version dated 20 July 2015 and has been reissued due to an error within the text. The Biosecurity Bill 2014 and supporting…
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Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, March 2023
This form is to be used by a vessel that is 7 metres or longer, and is on, or intends to make a voyage that arrives at, a place in Australian territory from either the Torres Strait protected zone or the Torres Strait permanent…
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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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Publication detailsDepartment of Agriculture and Water Resources, May 2015Under the Export Control (Wild Game Meat and Wild Game Meat Products) Orders 2010, it is the responsibility of the Establishment Occupier to develop, implement and maintain the establishment’s approved arrangement to…
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Publication detailsDepartment of Agriculture and Water Resources, May 2018The Export Control (Poultry Meat and Poultry Meat Products) Orders 2010 require that the occupier of an establishment engaged in the preparation of poultry meat and poultry meat products for export has an Approved…
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Trypanosoma evansi
What to look for (depending on strain)
Cattle
Chronic wasting.
Infected horse showing signs of chronic wasting
Horses, donkeys and mules
Fever, weakness, anaemia (pale gums), small pin-point haemorrhages on the nostrils.
Sometimes swelling of the legs and…
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Piper aduncum
What to look for
A shrub or small tree that can grow to eight metres. The plant features erect branches with aromatic leaves that droop. Mature plants flower and fruit throughout the year: flowers are cream-coloured and develop opposite most leaves.
What you can do
Do not…
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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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