Biosecurity Resources with a focus on Foot-and-Mouth Disease

updated March 2023

Useful resources to develop client information sheets or direct clients to, to assist their understanding or help them develop biosecurity plans

 

AVA resources

• BIOCHECK^TM
• mycattlevet.com.au
• Suit up - Personal protective equiptment for veterinarians
• Personal protective equiptment for equine veterinarians 

National

• Australian Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment foot-and-mouth disease webpage
• Northern Australian Quarantine Strategy (NAQS) foot-and-mouth disease overview
• Animal Health Australia – foot-and-mouth disease information
• Animal Health Australia - a quick guide to compensation and valuation in an EAD response
• Animal Health Australia - compensation and valuation in an EAD response - producer fact sheet
• Animal Health Australia - National livestock standstill information sheet
• Cattle Australia foot-and-mouth disease hub
• National Farmers Federation foot-and-mouth disease webpage
• Podcast by the Productive Producer on FMD and LSD

Victoria

• Agriculture Victoria foot-and-mouth disease webpage and biosecurity courses webpage.
• Victorian Farmers federation - foot-and-mouth resources - questions

Queensland

• Biosecurity Queensland eHub - Livestock emergency animal disease preparedness
• Business Queensland foot-and-mouth disease webpage
• AgForce Queensland - Emergency animal disease webpage

NSW

• Department of Primary Industries foot-and-mouth disease webpage

WA

• Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development Emergency Animal Disease Hub

NT

• Northern Territory Government foot-and-mouth disease webpage

SA

• Department of Primary Industries and Regions foot-and-mouth disease webpage

Tasmania

• Biosecurity Tasmania – foot-and-mouth disease

 

Useful website resources for veterinarians 

• Queensland Government FMD resources for veterinarians and veterinary paraprofessionals resource hub
• Queensland Government differential diagnosis for FMD in Queensland fact sheet
• World Organisation for Animal Health Terrestrial animal health code Infection with foot-and-mouth disease virus chapter
• World Organisation for Animal Health Manual of diagnostic tests and vaccines for terrestrial animals 2021  Foot-and-mouth disease (infection with foot-and-mouth disease virus) chapter