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Australia & New Zealand Working to Combat Foot and Mouth

(WisconsinAgConnection) A new action plan between Australia and New Zealand will see defences against the threat of Foot and Mouth Disease strengthened. Australian Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Senator Joe Ludwig, and New Zealand’s Minister for Primary Industries, Nathan Guy, have announced the two countries will work more closely together focusing combined defences against Read More »

May 6, 2013
| Filed under Asia/Pacific and Policy & Initiatives
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Revamped WA biosecurity laws finally take effect

(ABC) Six years after it passed Parliament, Western Australia’s Biosecurity and Agriculture Management Act has come into effect. The BAM Act, as it’s commonly known, will replace 16 older acts designed to protect the state from outside biosecurity threats. It also aims to help farmers and pastoralists manage the threats that are already present, including Read More »

May 3, 2013
| Filed under Asia/Pacific and Policy & Initiatives
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The risks of H7N9 infection mapped

(EurekAlert) A map of avian influenza (H7N9) risk is presented in Biomed Central’s open access journal Infectious Diseases of Poverty today. The map is comprised of bird migration patterns, and adding in estimations of poultry production and consumption, which are used to infer future risk and to advise on ways to prevent infection. As of Read More »

May 3, 2013
| Filed under Asia/Pacific and Public Health
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Aus-NZ action plan targets foot and mouth threat

(NewZealandHerald) A new action plan between Australia and New Zealand will see defences strengthened against the threat of foot and mouth disease. Australia and New Zealand will work together to develop a trans-Tasman foot and mouth action plan. Minister for Primary Industries Nathan Guy and Australian Minister for Agriculture Senator Joe Ludwig announced the two Read More »

May 3, 2013
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OIE expert mission finds live bird markets play a key role in poultry and human infections with influenza A(H7N9)

(OIE) The Ministry of Agriculture of the People’s Republic of China asked the Director General of the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) to send OIE experts to assess the situation with influenza A(H7N9) in animals and provide advice. The mission took place in the spirit of the Tripartite framework between the OIE, the World Read More »