Animal Biosecurity & Welfare program contacts for Western Australia

The Animal Biosecurity and Welfare program within the Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) manages evidence-based systems to maintain and verify our high animal health, food safety and animal welfare status.

These systems underpin our export and domestic markets and assure consumers that our livestock products are free of residues, contaminants and disease agents and are produced in accordance with animal welfare standards.

Listed below are key program contacts for Animal Biosecurity and Welfare.

Animal Biosecurity and Welfare program management

Chief Veterinary Officer
Dr Michelle Rodan

michelle.rodan@dpird.wa.gov.au [1]

Deputy Chief Veterinary Officer -
Surveillance & Control
Dr Marion Seymour

marion.seymour@dpird.wa.gov.au [2]

+61 (0)427 420176

Emergency Animal Disease Preparedness
Dr Sarah Kahn

 +61 (0)8 9368 3664
sarah.kahn@dpird.wa.gov.au [3]

Animal Welfare Policy
Keith Claymore
 

+61 (0)8 9368 3575 
keith.claymore@dpird.wa.gov.au [4]

 

See Animal welfare [5] for information on how to report animal cruelty [6]

Aquatic Animal Health
Dr Katie Webb

+61 (0)8 9780 6255
katie.webb@dpird.wa.gov.au [7]

Policy and Planning
Dr Jamie Finkelstein

 +61 (0)8 9368 3805
jamie.finkelstein@dpird.wa.gov.au [8]
Product Integrity
Chris Rodwell

+61 (0)8 9368 3627
chris.rodwell@dpird.wa.gov.au [9]
Surveillance and Control Policy
Dr Diana Turpin		 +61 (0)8 9368 3343
diana.turpin@dpird.wa.gov.au [10]

Surveillance programs and biosecurity contacts

National Arbovirus Monitoring Program (NAMP) [11]

Dr Zoe Chatfield

​​​National Significant Disease Investigation program [12]

Dr Anna Erickson

National Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (TSE) Program [13]

Dr Amelia Cameron

+61 (0)8 9690 2289
zoe.chatfield@dpird.com.au [14]

 

+61 (0)8 9881 0211
anna.erickson@dpird.wa.gov.au [15]

 

+61 (0)8 9368 3324
amelia.cameron@dpird.wa.gov.au [16]

Johne's disease in sheep [17]
Dr Anna Erickson

 

Ovine brucellosis [18]
Leigh Sonnemann

 

Footrot [19]
Dr Sarah Float

+61 (0)8 9881 0211
anna.erickson@dpird.wa.gov.au [15]

 

+61 0(8) 9368 3154
leigh.sonnemann@dpird.wa.gov.au [20]

 

+61 0(8) 9780 6126
sarah.float@dpird.wa.gov.au [21]

Cattle biosecurity
Dr Willem Janson


Johne's disease in cattle [22]
Dr Zoe Chatfield

+61 (0)8 9780 6233
will.janson@dpird.wa.gov.au [23]

+61 (0)8 9690 2289 
zoe.chatfield@dpird.wa.gov.au [24]

Pig biosecurity [25]
Dr Diana Turpin

 +61 (0)8 9368 3343
diana.turpin@dpird.wa.gov.au [10]

Wildlife surveillance [26]
Simon Hollamby

 +61 (0)8 9368 3502
Simon.Hollamby@dpird.wa.gov.au [27]
Surveillance and disease control - subsidies for disease investigations Subsidy forms for veterinary investigations [28]

Laboratory testing

DPIRD Diagnostics & Laboratory Services (DDLS) - Animal pathology [29]

Lab sample submission form [28]

Sample submission enquiries
+61 (0)8 9368 3351

DPIRD field vet contacts

Protect your markets and human health - report livestock disease to a vet

The earlier diseases are reported to a vet, the faster they can be controlled, minimising the impact on individual farmers and industry. To report unusual disease signs, abnormal behaviour or unexpected deaths in your livestock, contact:

  • your private vet
  • your closest DPIRD field vet - see table below, or
  • the Emergency Animal Disease hotline 1800 675 888 (not to be used for general agriculture enquiries).

See also: Subsidies available for eligible disease investigations [30].

Albany

Dr Rob Graham

robert.graham@dpird.wa.gov.au [31]

+61 (0)8 9892 8414 

+61 (0)419 147 849

 

Broome

 

Dr Tarcy Sullivan
tracy.sullivan@dpird.wa.gov.au [32]

Dr Graham Mackereth
graham.mackereth@dpird.wa.gov.au [33]
+61 (0)8 9194 1420
+61 (0)477 358 066

Bunbury

Dr Will Janson
will.janson@dpird.wa.gov.au [23]
+61 (0)8 9780 6185
+61 (0)408 672 946

Geraldton

+61 (0)8 9956 8554

zoe.chatfield@dpird.wa.gov.au [24]
+61 (0)408 779 348

Katanning

 Dr Judy Burson
judy.burson2@dpird.wa.gov.au [34]
+61 (0)8 9821 3220

Kununurra

+61 (0)8 9166 4016

tracy.sullivan@dpird.wa.gov.au [32]

Moora

+61 (0)8 9651 0555 

zoe.chatfield@dpird.wa.gov.au [24]
+61 (0)408 779 348

Narrogin

Dr Rod Thompson
rod.thompson@dpird.wa.gov.au [35]
+61 (0)8 9690 2156
+61 (0)467 766 720

Northam

Dr Zoe Chatfield
zoe.chatfield@dpird.wa.gov.au [24]
+61 (0)8 9690 2289
+61 (0)408 779 348

Perth metro/
peri-urban

+61 (0)8 9881 0211
anna.erickson@dpird.wa.gov.au [15]

 

On-call vet all areas

Emergency Animal Disease Watch Hotline
1800 675 888

Product Integrity contacts (Brands, stock ID, NLIS and stock movement; chemical use and stockfeed)

1300 926 547
(1300 WA NLIS)
nlis@dpird.wa.gov.au [38]
Brands Registration office Brands.Bunbury@dpird.wa.gov.au [39]

NLIS and traceability
Registrar of stock and apiaries
 

+61 (0)8 9368 3142
brett.mclarty@dpird.wa.gov.au [40]

Veterinary chemicals [41]
Dr Martin Matisons

+61 (0)8 9368 3634
martin.matisons@dpird.wa.gov.au [42]

Animal feed [43]
Brett McLarty

+61 (0)8 9368 3142
brett.mclarty@dpird.wa.gov.au [40]

Livestock import and export contacts

EXPORTERS

livestockbiosecurity@dpird.wa.gov.au [45]

IMPORTERS

Tel: +61 (0)8 9334 1800
Fax: +61 (0)8 9334 1888
kirsten.hall@dpird.wa.gov.au [49]

 

 

 

leigh.sonnemann@dpird.wa.gov.au [20]

 

See Also

Animal welfare [5]
Animal health surveillance in Western Australia [50]
Animal health surveillance and disease control forms [28]
Reportable animal diseases - Western Australia [51]
DPIRD Diagnostics and Laboratory Services (DDLS) - Animal Pathology [29]
Significant Disease Investigation Program [12]
Contacts for livestock imports [46]
Importing livestock into Western Australia [52]
Livestock ownership, identification and movement in Western Australia [53]
Livestock identification and movement: cattle and buffalo [54]
Livestock identification and movement: sheep [55]
Veterinary chemical users [56]
Chemical residues in livestock [57]
Australia's ruminant feed ban [58]
Regulation of hormone growth promotants (HGPs) for cattle in Western Australia [59]
Pig feed: what you can and can’t feed pigs (swill or prohibited pig feed) [60]

Links
[1] mailto:michelle.rodan@dpird.wa.gov.au
[2] mailto:marion.seymour@dpird.wa.gov.au
[3] mailto:sarah.kahn@dpird.wa.gov.au
[4] mailto:keith.claymore@dpird.wa.gov.au
[5] https://www.agric.wa.gov.au/animalwelfare
[6] https://www.agric.wa.gov.au/animalwelfare/reporting-animal-cruelty
[7] mailto:katie.webb@dpird.wa.gov.au
[8] mailto:jamie.finkelstein@dpird.wa.gov.au
[9] mailto:chris.rodwell@dpird.wa.gov.au
[10] mailto:diana.turpin@dpird.wa.gov.au
[11] https://www.agric.wa.gov.au/livestock-biosecurity/national-arbovirus-monitoring-program-namp
[12] https://www.agric.wa.gov.au/livestock-biosecurity/significant-disease-investigation-program
[13] https://www.agric.wa.gov.au/livestock-biosecurity/national-transmissible-spongiform-encephalopathies-surveillance-program-ntsesp
[14] mailto:zoe.chatfield@dpird.com.au
[15] mailto:anna.erickson@dpird.wa.gov.au
[16] mailto:amelia.cameron@dpird.wa.gov.au
[17] https://www.agric.wa.gov.au/livestock-biosecurity/johnes-disease-jd-sheep-biosecurity-practices-and-management-options
[18] https://www.agric.wa.gov.au/livestock-biosecurity/ovine-brucellosis
[19] https://www.agric.wa.gov.au/livestock-biosecurity/managing-virulent-footrot-sheep-and-goats-western-australia
[20] mailto:leigh.sonnemann@dpird.wa.gov.au
[21] mailto:sarah.float@dpird.wa.gov.au
[22] https://www.agric.wa.gov.au/livestock-biosecurity/johnes-disease-jd-cattle
[23] mailto:will.janson@dpird.wa.gov.au
[24] mailto:zoe.chatfield@dpird.wa.gov.au
[25] https://www.agric.wa.gov.au/livestock-biosecurity/keep-pigs-healthy-follow-biosecurity-checklist
[26] https://www.agric.wa.gov.au/biosecurity-quarantine/biosecurity/wildlife-biosecurity
[27] mailto:Simon.Hollamby@dpird.wa.gov.au
[28] https://www.agric.wa.gov.au/livestock-biosecurity/animal-health-surveillance-and-disease-control-forms
[29] https://www.agric.wa.gov.au/livestock-biosecurity/dpird-diagnostics-and-laboratory-services-ddls-animal-pathology
[30] https://www.agric.wa.gov.au/news/surveillance-incentives-wa-livestock-producers
[31] mailto:robert.graham@dpird.wa.gov.au
[32] mailto:tracy.sullivan@dpird.wa.gov.au
[33] mailto:graham.mackereth@dpird.wa.gov.au
[34] mailto:judy.burson2@dpird.wa.gov.au
[35] mailto:rod.thompson@dpird.wa.gov.au
[36] https://www.agric.wa.gov.au/biosecurity-quarantine/biosecurity/livestock-movement-identification
[37] https://www.agric.wa.gov.au/livestock-biosecurity/registration-forms-livestock-ownership-western-australia
[38] mailto:nlis@dpird.wa.gov.au
[39] mailto:Brands.Bunbury@dpird.wa.gov.au
[40] mailto:brett.mclarty@dpird.wa.gov.au
[41] https://www.agric.wa.gov.au/pests-weeds-diseases/control-methods/chemicals/veterinary-chemicals
[42] mailto:emily.lewis@agric.wa.gov.au
[43] https://www.agric.wa.gov.au/livestock-biosecurity/stockfeed-regulation-and-standards
[44] https://www.agric.wa.gov.au/livestock-biosecurity/property-origin-statements-western-australia
[45] mailto:livestockbiosecurity@dpird.wa.gov.au
[46] https://www.agric.wa.gov.au/livestock-movement-identification/contacts-livestock-imports
[47] https://www.agric.wa.gov.au/livestock-biosecurity/forms-importing-livestock-western-australia
[48] https://www.agric.wa.gov.au/livestock-biosecurity/importing-horse-wa-what-do-i-need-know-about-liver-fluke-and-cattle-tick
[49] mailto:kirsten.hall@agric.wa.gov.au
[50] https://www.agric.wa.gov.au/livestock-biosecurity/animal-health-surveillance-western-australia
[51] https://www.agric.wa.gov.au/livestock-biosecurity/reportable-animal-diseases-western-australia
[52] https://www.agric.wa.gov.au/livestock-movement-identification/importing-livestock-western-australia
[53] https://www.agric.wa.gov.au/livestock-movement-identification/livestock-ownership-identification-and-movement-western-australia
[54] https://www.agric.wa.gov.au/livestock-movement-identification/livestock-identification-and-movement-cattle-and-buffalo
[55] https://www.agric.wa.gov.au/livestock-biosecurity/livestock-identification-and-movement-sheep
[56] https://www.agric.wa.gov.au/livestock-biosecurity/veterinary-chemical-users
[57] https://www.agric.wa.gov.au/livestock-biosecurity/chemical-residues-livestock
[58] https://www.agric.wa.gov.au/livestock-biosecurity/ruminant-feed-ban
[59] https://www.agric.wa.gov.au/livestock-biosecurity/regulation-hormone-growth-promotants-hgps-cattle-western-australia
[60] https://www.agric.wa.gov.au/livestock-biosecurity/pig-feed-what-you-can-and-can%E2%80%99t-feed-pigs-swill

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