Biosecurity & quarantine

The Department of Agriculture and Food, Western Australia (DAFWA) works with primary industries to safeguard our agricultural resources from biological threats and to maintain our export opportunities.

The State’s reputation is underpinned by a comprehensive biosecurity and quarantine system, developed and operated by DAFWA.

DAFWA is involved with:

  • creation of surveillance and diagnostic programs
  • animal and plant risk assessments
  • importing and exporting requirements
  • creating mechanisms to respond to incursions
  • livestock movement and identification
  • development and maintenance of biosecurity and quarantine legislation.

To find out more about what we do to protect agricultural production and export opportunities within the State please search our website.

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  • pigs

    Pig feed: what you can and can’t feed pigs (swill or prohibited pig feed)

    27 November 2013

    It is illegal to feed meat, meat products and food that has been in contact with meat to pigs in Australia.

  • Benign footrot in sheep and goats in Western Australia

    18 February 2015

    There are two main forms of footrot in sheep and goats: virulent and benign. Both forms are caused by the bacterium Dichelobacter nodosus.

  • Racing pigeon

    Pigeon paramyxovirus (PPMV1)

    10 November 2015

    Pigeon paramyxovirus type 1 (PPMV1) is a contagious viral disease affecting pigeons. It was first detected in Australia in 2011 and is present in Victoria, New South Wales and Tasmania.

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    Pest and Disease Information Service (PaDIS)

    15 October 2013

    The Pest and Disease Information Service (PaDIS) provides advisory and identification services on animal and plant pests, weeds and diseases that impact Western Australia's agriculture and food ind

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    Papaya sticky disease: biosecurity alert

    16 August 2019

    Papaya sticky disease is absent from Western Australia. It has recently been reported from the Northern Territory, after being detected in Queensland in 2014.

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    Blueberry rust

    12 November 2014

    Blueberry rust is a fungal disease that affects blueberries and some relatives in the Ericaceae plant family. The disease was detected in Western Australia in April 2022.

  • PSTVd affects potato plant and tuber development

    Potato spindle tuber viroid: declared pest

    9 July 2014

    Potato spindle tuber viroid (PSTVd) is a declared pest in Western Australia. It can significantly reduce crop yields in potatoes and tomatoes.

  • Liver removed from lamb carcass and ready to collect a sample

    Ewe abortion and newborn lamb deaths surveillance program

    20 June 2016

    The Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development conducts a surveillance program for ewe abortion and newborn lamb deaths to assist sheep producers to identify the cause of abortions a

  • A veterinarian dressed in surgical gloves an overalls with a hood is holding a syringe injecting a horse in the skin of its neck.

    Hendra virus: managing the risk in Western Australia

    30 January 2014

    Hendra virus is an emergency animal disease transmitted to horses by flying foxes (fruit bats).

  • Brahman cattle in export yards

    Bluetongue virus

    8 July 2014

    Bluetongue virus can infect all ruminants but it usually only causes serious disease in sheep. Cattle may be infected with the virus but rarely show disease.

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