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Australia remains confident of staying free from foot-and-mouth disease as Indonesia declares it endemic

Australia's chief vet says people should remain alert to the risks for years to come, after Indonesia moves away from an emergency response to a business-as-usual approach to the disease.

ABC News · Apr 5, 2023

Smuggling increase putting biosecurity under pressure

Australia's biosecurity is under the spotlight at a national forum in Canberra, with participants describing the system as vulnerable and overwhelmed.

The New Daily · Apr 5, 2023

Inside the investigation into the discovery of 38 tonnes of illegal meat, plants in Australia

Not since Johnny Depp was issued a 50-hour warning to remove his mutts Pistol and Boo from Australia have biosecurity officials been so best in show.

ABC News · Apr 4, 2023

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

Australian farmers are on high alert for any signs of foot-and-mouth disease in their livestock as it reaches Bali. Chief Vet Mark Schipp is urging any who find it to report it early.

ABC News · Jul 5, 2022

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

If foot-and-mouth disease reaches Australia, it will send a wrecking ball through the economy, as it did in the UK 20 years ago. So what is the plan to keep it out? And how would an outbreak be contained?

ABC News · Jun 10, 2022

Australia offers Foot and Mouth Disease vaccine support to Indonesia amid outbreak

The Australian government offers to help Indonesia pay for a Foot and Mouth Disease vaccine after an outbreak infects more than 2,000 cattle.

ABC News · May 9, 2022

Lumpy skin disease live samples to be imported to Australia so CSIRO can develop vaccine

Agriculture Minister David Littleproud says there's a real risk the disease, which could devastate Australia's cattle industry, could be "blown in" from Indonesia.

ABC News · Apr 8, 2022

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Australia's chief vet backs calls to import lumpy skin disease samples for vaccine work

Mark Schipp is supporting the cattle industry's proposal to import live samples of the disease in a bid to protect Australia's $40 billion red meat industry.

ABC News · Apr 4, 2022

Lumpy skin disease threat increased

Australia's Chief Vet wants Indonesia to adopt a more aggressive approach to combat 'lumpy skin' disease and says the threat to Australia has increased.

AAP · Mar 28, 2022

Australia's chief vet travels to Indonesia as urgent vaccine rollout begins for lumpy skin disease

Australia's cattle herd is facing its most serious threat in decades, experts say, as authorities race to contain a disease outbreak in Indonesia.

ABC News · Mar 23, 2022

Japanese encephalitis outbreak reaches SA as authorities race to control outbreak

Officials are working to map the spread in order to prioritise vaccinations as the virus is detected in SA.

ABC News · Mar 7, 2022

Japanese encephalitis virus detected in Qld, NSW and Vic piggeries

A virus that can leave piglets stillborn and horses with anorexia has been detected in southern Australia for the first time.

ABC News · Mar 2, 2022

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