Foot-and-mouth disease is a threat that demands more action for producers
If you are watching the current FMD threat and think your view is playing in slow motion – it isn’t – it’s the lack of real action that is relaying that feeling Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) is highly contagious and a deadly health threat to all split-hoofed animals including cattle, sheep, goats, camelids, deer and pigs. […]
Curtin University expert asks if enough is being done to avert the Foot-and-mouth threat to our meat and milk supply
Despite reassurances from the State Government, concern is growing around the potential impact of foot-and-mouth disease on farmers and the supply of meat and dairy after an outbreak of the disease in Indonesia and the detection of fragments of the virus in Australia. In light of this, Curtin University supply chain expert Dr Elizabeth Jackson […]
Foot and Mouth disease and African Swine fever has brought biosecurity vigilance to the fore
As part of the Australian Government’s response to the spread of animal diseases in the region, the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry has increased its surveillance and testing of meat and other animal products, both at the border and through targeted checking of retail outlets. Some pork products have been removed from supermarket shelves […]