2024 Australian Biosecurity Awards – Government AHA extends its congratulations to Biosecurity Queensland for being recognised at the 2024 Australian Biosecurity Awards for launching the African Swine Fever (ASF) Preparedness and Prevention Project (PPP) in June 2020. This proactive initiative was developed in response to the ASF spread in Asia and the heightened risk it […]
High pathogenicity avian influenza H7Nx has been confirmed in Victoria.
After six public hearings and 104 submissions to digest, the Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport References Senate Committee, on Thursday the 8th of December, released its 171-page inquiry report on the Adequacy of Australia’s biosecurity measures and response preparedness, in particular with respect to foot and disease and varroa mite. The report has made […]
Animal Health Australia (AHA) has held its 27th Annual General Meeting (AGM) and welcomed two new Board Directors, Lucinda Corrigan and Stuart Crockett, farewelled outgoing Board Directors Paula Fitzgerald and Catherine Cooper, and re-elected Sharon Starick as Chair.
We asked Dr Andy Sheppard and Dr Wilna Vosloo a few questions about the FMD Ready Project and what the team achieved.
The AUSVETPLAN Technical Review Group (TRG) held its 47th meeting in Adelaide, South Australia on the 16-18 August 2022. This groups meets every 6 months. The TRG comprises of biosecurity and emergency animal disease expert staff from the Australian Government Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, each of the state and territory governments, and the […]
After much anticipation, a revamped Market Assurance Program for Goats (GoatMAP) has officially been released. Developed in collaboration with Dr Richard Shephard from Herd Health Pty Ltd and a working group of industry and government representatives, the new program will assist producers in promoting their biosecurity and disease low risk status. The update of GoatMAP […]
The founding partners of the Biosecurity Collective welcome today’s release of Australia’s first National Biosecurity Strategy, which marks the start of transformative change to the Australian biosecurity system. The release of the Strategy completes the first step of the Biosecurity Collective’s five-point plan, which also aims to establish 2021-2030 as the Decade of Biosecurity; to […]
WHAT DO WE DO? The Animal Health Australia (AHA) Training Team provides education, training and administrative services that support and build the biosecurity response capability of our members. Our subscription-funded activities assist our members to meet their responsibilities under the Emergency Animal Disease Response Agreement (EADRA). We identify national emergency animal disease (EAD) and biosecurity […]
As an island nation, Australia is already at an advantage in protecting our livestock from well-recognised but foreign pests and animal diseases. On top of that, we have a world class multi-faceted biosecurity system in place protecting our livestock from the inside-out. A vital part of this biosecurity system is the surveillance that we do […]
On Tuesday the 22 March, AHA brought together relevant industries to discuss Lumpy Skin Disease. Below is a short brief provided by Head of Program – AUSVETPLAN, Dr Peter Dagg. Aims of the meeting Awareness for relevant industries on the review process for the AUSVETPLAN Response strategy: Lumpy skin disease, and the next steps. A […]
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