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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …