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Significant Disease Investigation Program

29 November 2013

Western Australia is free of most of the significant diseases that affect animals in other parts of the world.

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Animal health surveillance in Western Australia

7 March 2017

Western Australia has a reputation for producing healthy livestock free from diseases and residues that could harm human health or damage our ability to sell livestock within Australia or overseas.

Plant with purple stems and dark green leaves covered with a bright yellow powder-like fungus.

Myrtle rust: Biosecurity alert

8 April 2014

Myrtle rust is a serious disease that infects and kills many plants belonging to the Myrtaceae family including eucalypts, bottlebrushes, paperbarks and peppermint trees.

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.

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PestFax Reporter

27 March 2015

The PestFax Reporter app lets you quickly and easily report observations, and request diagnoses, of pests and diseases in your crop and pasture paddocks to the PestFacts WA service.

codling moth affected apples and moth

Codling moth: declared pest

11 April 2014

Codling moth (Cydia pomonella) is a serious pest of apples and other pome fruit and has the potential to cause severe crop losses.

Bat with Australian bat lyssavirus

Animal health and One Health in Western Australia

27 October 2017

 ‘One Health’ is an internationally supported approach that recognises that the health and well-being of animals, people and the environment are closely linked and that international, national and

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.

Vaccination of a sheep high on the neck behind the ear.

Veterinary chemical users

28 November 2013

Western Australia has laws to control chemical use on trade animals. These laws protect people, animals and the environment from harm.

Opuntiod cactus best practice manual

Opuntioid cacti: best practice control manual

25 October 2017

A national best practice control manual has been developed for invasive opuntioid cacti in Australia.

millipede on a wall

Portuguese millipedes

10 December 2013

Portuguese millipedes (Ommatoiulus moreleti) belong to a group of animals called Myriapoda (meaning many-legged), which also includes several native Australian millipedes and centipedes.

Kneeling sheep. Advanced footrot is a painful, crippling condition.

Managing virulent footrot in sheep and goats in Western Australia

17 February 2015

There are two forms of footrot in sheep and goats: virulent and benign. They are caused by infection with different strains of the bacterium, Dichelobacter nodosus.

Jujube fruit with brown spot

Brown spot of jujube

21 November 2017

Brown spot is a fungal disease caused by Nothophoma quercina. It affects jujubes in Western Australia and has been reported in olives, pistachios and Chinese quince in other countries.

Racing Pigeon

Pigeon rotavirus in Western Australia

23 January 2017

Pigeon rotavirus was first detected in Western Australia as a result of investigation of a disease outbreak in racing pigeons in May and June 2016.

Pathologist in laboratory in front of microscpoe holding apple covered with fungal spores

DDLS - Plant pathology services

20 November 2013

DDLS - Plant pathology is a service area under the Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development's Diagnostic Laboratory Services (DDLS).

Tree with close up of green, black and fruit which is half green and half black.

Olive tree pests and diseases

7 April 2014

Keeping olive trees well-fed and adequately watered is the best initial defence against pests and diseases, since vigorous trees are better able to withstand attack and less likely to suffer long-t

Histopathology sampling guide for livestock

26 March 2018

The following procedure is designed to aid veterinarians when taking histopathology samples for livestock post-mortems.

Yellow sigatoka

Banana diseases in the Ord River Irrigation Area

26 February 2014

The ORIA is free of major banana diseases found in the Northern Territory and Queensland, such as Panama disease and black sigatoka.

Livestock post-mortem techniques workshop

Livestock disease veterinary sampling guide

12 April 2018

The Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) has created the following guide to assist vets to collect appropriate samples during livestock disease investigations.

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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