AUSVETPLAN

Effective responses to animal disease emergencies require planning at national, state/territory and district level, and the involvement of animal health authorities, the livestock industries and emergency management organisations. The Australian Veterinary Emergency Plan, or AUSVETPLAN, is the national contingency planning framework for the management of emergency animal disease (EAD) incidents in Australia. The purpose of AUSVETPLAN is to ensure coherent operations and procedures among national, state and territory animal health authorities, and emergency management organisations in the management of an EAD incident.

Animal Health Australia, as the custodian of AUSVETPLAN, works closely with the Australian, state and territory governments, and the livestock industries, to determine priorities and regularly review AUSVETPLAN to ensure its currency and appropriateness. Finalised manuals are endorsed by government. The status of each AUSVETPLAN manual is described in: Status of AUSVETPLAN manuals (July 2010) (118 KB)

The AUSVETPLAN manuals cover the following elements of EAD preparedness and management:

• the Summary Document (607 KB) (read this document for an overview of AUSVETPLAN)

• Disease strategies for 35 of the EADs listed in the EAD Response Agreement
  (Note: bovine tuberculosis (due to Mycobacterium bovis) is addressed separately)

• Response policy briefs for the remaining 27 EADs listed in the EAD Response Agreement

• Operational procedures manuals

• Enterprise manuals

• Management manuals

• Manuals under development or review

• Resource documents

• Guidance documents

These documents are in Acrobat PDF format. Click here to download Adobe Acrobat (free) used to view the PDF documents.

Manuals under development or review but which have not yet completed the consultation/endorsement process are listed here for the information of stakeholders. They do not represent government policy.

Further Information

If you have a query about AUSVETPLAN or would like to suggest a change to a manual, please contact:

Chairperson of the AUSVETPLAN Technical Review Group
Animal Health Australia
Suite 15, 26-28 Napier Close
DEAKIN ACT 2600

Email: ChairTRG@animalhealthaustralia.com.au

Page updated: 16 June 2010