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Farmers to be compensated if foot-and-mouth disease reaches Australia
2 years, 5 months ago

Farmers to be compensated if foot-and-mouth disease reaches Australia

ABC  

Australia’s Chief Veterinary Officer Mark Schipp says Australian farmers will be compensated if their animals get foot-and-mouth disease after an outbreak was confirmed in Bali at the weekend. Key points: Foot-and-mouth disease has been detected in Bali Australian farmers are now on high alert for the disease Chief Vet Mark Schipp says farmers will be compensated if their animals get …

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An outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease cost the UK billions in 2001, so how can Australia keep it out?
2 years, 6 months ago

An outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease cost the UK billions in 2001, so how can Australia keep it out?

ABC  

In the winter of 2001, acrid plumes of smoke rose from the British countryside as millions of cows, sheep and pigs were incinerated in a desperate war against foot-and-mouth disease. "If foot-and-mouth disease were to enter anywhere in Australia, all of Australia's market access for all products of beef cattle, dairy cattle, sheep, goats and pigs would be lost," he …

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Vet shortage puts Australia’s biosecurity at risk as foot-and-mouth disease looms
2 years, 7 months ago

Vet shortage puts Australia’s biosecurity at risk as foot-and-mouth disease looms

ABC  

Australia's shortage of veterinarians in rural and regional areas could put national biosecurity at risk as livestock diseases such as lumpy skin disease and foot-and-mouth disease inch closer, an industry spokesperson says. Key points: Australian Veterinary Association is concerned there's not enough vets to help with biosecurity measures Vets play a major role in Austraila's biosecurity FMD and LSD have …

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Lumpy skin disease found in Indonesia, putting northern biosecurity on high alert
2 years, 9 months ago

Lumpy skin disease found in Indonesia, putting northern biosecurity on high alert

ABC  

Northern biosecurity authorities are on alert after a serious viral disease affecting cattle and buffalo has been detected in Indonesia. Key points: Lumpy skin disease has been reported in 31 Indonesian villages The disease has spread rapidly through South-East Asia If found in Australia, lumpy skin disease could devastate livestock industries The Indonesian government this week confirmed lumpy skin disease …

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Japanese encephalitis virus detected in Qld, NSW and Vic piggeries
2 years, 9 months ago

Japanese encephalitis virus detected in Qld, NSW and Vic piggeries

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A virus that can leave piglets stillborn and horses with anorexia has been detected in southern Australia for the first time. Key points: JEV is a mosquito-borne viral disease that mostly occurs in pigs and horses, but can cause disease in people and rarely in other animals Animals and people become infected through the bite of infected mosquitoes It cannot …

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