Animal Health Australia

The countdown is on to agriculture’s biggest day of the year! Save the date for #AgDayAU 2024. This year on Friday 15 November National Farmers' Federation is encouraging everyone to get behind the theme “Grow you good thing!” and back Aussie farmers.

Are you a Caravan Poultry Owner? 🐣 Register today for this upcoming webinar to learn all about Egg Farmers of Australia, housing orders, compensation and more ⏩ https://lnkd.in/dCiX46D9

Are you a dairy innovator? 🐮 Australia’s premier dairy event is seeking innovative ideas, research projects and scientific-based outcomes to enhance Australia’s dairy industry. Applications for ADC 2025 close on 31 October 2024 ⏳ More information 👉 https://bit.ly/3YkTHvn Dairy Australia

🏇 🐎 The Australian Horse Industry Council are currently conducting a nationwide survey of horse owners and riders to understand the economics involved in horse ownership as well as the social and community benefits associated with their participation in the industry. Survey closes ⏳31 October 2024 Link to survey 👉 https://bit.ly/487LpKL More information 👉 https://bit.ly/4dKqNsY

🐔 AHA welcomes the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry decision to invest an additional $95 million to further prepare and protect the nation against high pathogenicity avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1, a strain of avian influenza that carries significant risks for our agricultural industries, our unique wildlife and the national economy. 🤝 Read full media release 👉 https://lnkd.in/dwk6ugyJ

Register now to learn more about the global bird flu situation and how we are preparing for a potential avian influenza outbreak through Exercise Volare. A live online event will be held on Friday 4 October at 11am (AEST). Exercise Volare was a series of scenario-based discussion exercises focussing on a hypothetical detection of H5N1 high pathogenicity avian influenza (HPAI) (bird flu) in Australian wildlife. The exercise series aimed to improve preparedness across agriculture, environment, health sectors to manage future HPAI outbreaks, and inform the management if H5 enters Australia. Register today – visit: https://brnw.ch/21wNbps

AHA is seeking a full-time Technical Leader to join our team as the Head of Program - AUSVETPLAN. 🆕 📋 This position leads the nationally-agreed approach for responding to emergency animal disease (EAD) incidents in Australia via the Australian Veterinary Emergency Plan (AUSVETPLAN). 📆 Applications close: 18 October 2024 Learn more 👉 https://bit.ly/4ehCW9P

👏 👏 We have just wrapped up another #MembersForum for 2024, where we bring together representatives from our 35 member organisations across government, livestock industries and other veterinary and animal health related organisations. It was great to have so much engagement from our members who were keen to tackle some big issues to enhance our sector and ensure our biosecurity and animal health systems remain fit for purpose with multiple threats at our borders.

The National Wild Dog Action Plan (NWDAP) Consultative Committee met in Canberra this week. The committee is made up of government and industry representatives and discussed relevant issues, activities and projects. AHA helps support the NWDAP Coordinator, Greg Mifsud.

🔍 We are looking for our next Biosecurity Manager to join our biosecurity team! Reporting to the Head of Program - Biosecurity, this position plays a lead role in biosecurity projects and stakeholder engagement of AHA. Find out more about this exciting role via the link 👉 https://bit.ly/47fKVBz #Biosecurity #JobOpportunity