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Jess Rummery, Biosecurity and Extension Manager, Northern Australia.
Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) is known to affect cloven hoofed animals, including cattle, sheep, goats, pigs, deer, buffalo and camelids. Thankfully Australia is lucky enough not to have this highly contagious disease of livestock.
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Author: Jess Rummery, Manager Biosecurity and Extension, Northern Australia
In February, the Australian Government announced the establishment of the Northern Australia Biosecurity Surveillance Significant Disease Investigation Network.
This initiative has been established to address some of the spe…
Q fever is an important zoonotic disease (i.e. a disease that can be passed from animals to humans or vice versa) for people who work with animals. Q fever can result in acute or chronic disease in humans and is caused by the bacterium Coxiella burnetii. Q Fever is a notifiable disease in all states…
Whether you’re a commercial enterprise or own just one pig, you have an important role to play in protecting your property and Australia’s pork industry from biosecurity threats.
One of the easiest ways you can do this is by feeding your pigs the right feed and ensuring they don’t eat anythin…
24 trainers from across Australia attended the Biosecurity Emergency Response Training Australia (BERTA) Workshop in Adelaide in late May. The week saw the introduction of the BERTA Communities of Practice as well as the Train the Trainer workshop, which officially launched the BERTA training mate…
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