Response policy briefs

Response policy briefs cover EADs that are subject to cost sharing between governments and livestock industries but are not covered by full disease strategies as they have a lower likelihood of entry and any consequences are likely to be less severe. Each brief provides sufficient information (about the nature of the disease, the principles of its control and eradication, and management policies) for authorities to make informed decisions if an Australian outbreak occurs.

Response Policy Briefs Edition Date Comments
Response Policy Briefs 3.3 2009
Response Policy Briefs contain:
Borna disease
Brucellosis (due to Brucella melitensis)
Contagious bovine pleuropneumonia
Contagious equine metritis
Dourine
East coast fever
Encephalitides (tick-borne)
Epizootic lymphangitis
Equine babesiosis
Equine encephalomyelitis (eastern, western and Venezuelan)
Equine encephalosis
Getah virus disease
Glanders
Haemorrhagic septicaemia
Heartwater
Hendra virus infection (formerly equine morbillivirus)
Jembrana disease
Maedi–visna
Menangle virus (porcine paramyxovirus)
Nairobi sheep disease
Nipah virus
Potomac fever
Pulmonary adenomatosis
Sheep scab
Swine influenza
Teschen disease
Trichinellosis
Vesicular exanthema
Wesselsbron disease
West Nile virus disease

Page updated: 28 July 2011