Acts

Exotic Diseases of Animals Act 1993

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  • Foot-and-mouth disease lesions in the mouth of a Nepalese cow. These lesions are about five days old.

    Foot-and-mouth disease: prevention and preparedness

    5 March 2014

    Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) is one of Australia’s greatest biosecurity risks.

  • Trucks about to load cattle at a saleyard ramp

    National livestock standstill - frequently asked questions

    5 March 2014

    A national livestock standstill is when it is nationally agreed that specific livestock species affected by an emergency disease must not be moved.

  • Truck transporting sheep off a property

    National livestock standstill for foot-and-mouth disease

    11 December 2013

    Following diagnosis or strong suspicion of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD), state and territory governments will implement a livestock standstill across Australia, including in unaffected regions.

  • 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).

  • Blister on a pig's hoof on the area between the foot and leg which is likley to be due to foot and mouth disease

    Emergency diseases of pigs

    15 January 2014

    There are many infectious emergency diseases of pigs that do not occur in Australia.

  • A new Department of Agriculture and Food lamb survival project, and a ramped up 100%+ Club, will provide recognition and support for sheep producers wanting to lift their outputs.

    Infertility and abortion in ewes

    16 June 2015

    There are multiple possible causes of both infertility and abortion in ewes, but making a definitive diagnosis is often difficult. Some diseases which are exotic to Australia can cause abortions.

  • Screw worm fly

    3 August 2015

    Screw worm fly is considered the most serious exotic pest threatening Australia's livestock industries and could cost up to $500 million a year in lost production and control measures if it entered

  • Pig with reddened ears showing signs of African swine fever. Used with permission of the Pirbright Institute

    Emergency pig disease: African swine fever (ASF)

    4 July 2014

    African swine fever (ASF) is a highly contagious virus that causes an often fatal disease in pigs and wild boar.

  • Scrapie

    10 July 2014

    Australia is free of scrapie, which is a fatal, progressive, degenerative disease of the central nervous system of sheep and goats.

  • Chickens

    Avian influenza

    9 December 2013

    Avian influenza is an infectious disease of birds caused by an influenza virus.

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