Effective responses to emergency disease outbreaks require emergency disease planning at national, State/Territory and district level and the involvement of both animal health authorities and emergency management organisations. The basis for this planning is contained in the Australian Veterinary Emergency Plan (AUSVETPLAN).

Animal Health Australia, as the custodian of the AUSVETPLAN, works closely with the Australian Government, States and Territories and the livestock industries to determine priorities and continuously update the manuals to ensure their accuracy.

AUSVETPLAN is a series of technical response plans that describe the proposed Australian approach to an exotic disease incursion. The documents provide guidance based on sound analysis, linking policy, strategies, implementation, coordination and emergency-management plans. These documents are in Acrobat PDF format. Click here to download Adobe Acrobat (free) used to view the PDF documents.

The manuals are divided into five categories as well as some new AUSVETPLAN associated document categories.

Summary Document

Summary Document (607 KB)

Disease Strategies

African Horse Sickness (195 KB)

African Swine Fever (134 KB)

Anthrax (432 KB)

Aujeszky's Disease (123 KB)

Australian Bat Lyssavirus (103 KB)

Avian Influenza (703 KB)

Bee Diseases and Pests (1,451 KB)

Bee Diseases and Pests - INTERIM REVISION (2,618 KB)

Bluetongue (645 KB)

Bovine Brucellosis (452 KB)

Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (450 KB)

Classical Swine Fever (135 KB)

Equine Influenza (461 KB)

Foot and Mouth Disease - INTERIM DRAFT (1,099 KB)

Japanese Encephalitis (128 KB)

Lumpy Skin Disease (470 KB)

Newcastle Disease (469 KB)

Peste des Petits Ruminants (445 KB)

Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome (PRRS) (819 KB)

Rabies (185 KB)

Rift Valley Fever (160 KB)

Rinderpest (481 KB)

Scrapie (506 KB)

Screw Worm Fly (1,122 KB)

Sheep and Goat Pox (475 KB)  

Surra (725 KB)

Swine Vesicular Disease (142 KB)

Transmissible Gastroenteritis (129 KB)

Vesicular Exanthema (136 KB)

Vesicular Stomatitis (132 KB)

Operational Procedures

Decontamination (649 KB)

Destruction of Animals (795 KB)

Disposal Procedures (521 KB)

Livestock Welfare and Management (408 KB)

Public Relations (430 KB)

Valuation and Compensation (1,023 KB)

Enterprise Manuals

Artificial Breeding Centres (151 KB)

Feedlots (368 KB)

Meat Processing (474 KB)

Saleyards and Transport (230 KB)

Poultry Industry (143 KB)

Zoos (187 KB)

Management Manuals

Control Centres Part 1 (698 KB)

Control Centres Part 2 (711 KB)

Laboratory Preparedness (1,558 KB)

Wild Animals

Wild Animal Response Strategy (WARS) (594 KB)

Resource Documents

Asian honey bee: a guide to identification (14,484 KB)

Persistence of Disease Agents in Carcases and Animal Products (1,135 KB)

Response Policy Brief (636 KB)

EAD Information System - ANEMIS

ANEMIS - INTERIM DRAFT (634 KB)

Further Information

If you have a query about AUSVETPLAN or would like to suggest a change to a manual, please contact the Chairperson of the AUSVETPLAN Technical Review Group:

Animal Health Australia
Suite 15, 26-28 Napier Close
DEAKIN ACT 2600

Email: embernoth@animalhealthaustralia.com.au

Page updated: 1 May 2009