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Avian influenza — on 13 June 2025, Agriculture Victoria announced that the February 2025 outbreak of high pathogenicity avian influenza (HPAI) H7N8 in northern Victoria had been successfully eradicated.
This National Biosecurity Week, AHA CEO Dr Samantha Allan celebrates the everyday Australians who help protect what matters most — our environment, food, economy, and communities.
Avian influenza — on 13 June 2025, Agriculture Victoria announced that the February 2025 outbreak of high pathogenicity avian influenza (HPAI) H7N8 in northern Victoria had been successfully eradicated.
Parasite management is a key component of best practice production. Keeping your parasites in check allows for your sheep to be productive and profitable. Dr Sophie Hemley is a practicing vet in rural NSW with a keen interest in sheep. She sat down with Dr Emily Buddle, an engagement specialist and SA based producer, to discuss what parasite issues wool […]
The Australian agriculture industry is set to make history this financial year with a forecast to reach $78 billion in value. According to the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES) latest outlook released today, both crop growers and livestock producers will see record values of $43 billion and $33.4 billion respectively. […]
In a first of its kind, a two-day virtual exercise brought government, animal disease specialists, and industry bodies together to prepare the broader horse industry in responding to a future outbreak of equine influenza (EI). Hosted and coordinated by Animal Health Australia from 23–24 November 2021, Exercise Gammalite consisted of practical activities to ensure all […]
Learning how animal health and biosecurity issues impact the red meat and wool industries is now easier than ever with a new season of podcasts from the South Australian Department of Primary Industries and Regions created in collaboration with Animal Health Australia and Livestock SA. Funded by the South Australian Government’s Red Meat and Wool […]
With flies, lice, ticks and worms impacting livestock across the country, the popular ParaBoss parasite management website and extension program is receiving a significant makeover to ensure it remains Australia’s leading parasite resource for sheep, goat and cattle producers across Australia. The website upgrade and delivery of extension services to livestock producers will be led […]
On Thursday the 23rd of September participants from the Animal Health Australia member organisations, along with staff and Board Directors came together virtually to discuss and hear about new national campaigns, strategies and new agencies under the spotlight related to the animal livestock industries. If you missed it, you can view the presentations below: Presentation […]
Introducing Jamie Maddocks, this month’s interviewee in our National Biosecurity Response Team (NBRT) fast five series! Jamie Maddocks is from the NSW Department of Primary Industries and a member of the NBRT’s Incident Management function. The NBRT is a group of trained and experienced personnel that may be deployed to assist a jurisdiction in the […]
Sheep producers generally understand the negative impact animal health conditions can have on the productivity and profitability of their business, but the losses become particularly apparent when discovered at the abattoir, rendering large portions of an animal unusable. Many conditions remain ‘sight unseen’ because they are not detectable in a live animal, so, to help […]
In mid-June 2021, 30 members of the National Biosecurity Response Team (NBRT) connected over 4 days to participate in a series of virtual sessions as part of Exercise Network. The NBRT Program comprises of multi-disciplined representatives across Australia with skills, knowledge, and experience in responding to biosecurity emergency responses. This exercise was the final activity […]
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