Poultry & birds

The poultry industry is an important contributor to the Western Australian agricultural sector producing both meat and eggs. Various breeds are kept in domestic or farm environments.

The Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development role is to work collaboratively with the industry for early detection of significant, new and emerging diseases and manage chemical residue detections.

Commercial egg or chicken meat producers must abide by the state and Commonwealth acts and regulations relevant to their business regardless of the type of production system (organic, free to range, barn).

The acts and regulations cover disease control, food health and safety, the environment (odour and noise emissions), water, the sale of food products, agricultural chemicals, veterinary chemicals, poultry manure and animal welfare.

The department has responsibility for animal health (disease prevention, surveillance and eradication or control) and chemical residues. Acts and regulations administered by the department relevant to poultry producers include:

Articles

  • Legislation regulating the poultry industry covers a wide array of issues ranging from disease control, food health and safety, the environment (odour and noise emissions), to agricultural chemical

  • The poultry biosecurity checklist summarises the actions needed to protect your poultry and the Western Australian poultry industry from the devastating effects of emergency diseases such as avian

  • Newcastle disease is a severe viral disease of poultry and other birds.