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foot-and-mouth disease

August 2022

  • Rachael Lebeter and her cattle herd in Tweed Valley, NSW, Australia

    The rural network
    ‘These things are irreplaceable’: one farmer’s long view on foot-and-mouth disease

    Rachael Lebeter
    How do you compare declining exports with the trauma of culling a healthy herd, losing animals you love and your life’s work?
  • Three brahman cattle on the side of a road on the edge of forest

    New biosecurity taskforce to test Australia’s preparedness for foot-and-mouth disease

    ‘Scenario-based exercises’ to be run over coming weeks to identify gaps in efforts to keep out deadly livestock disease

    • The rural network
      Foot-and-mouth disease Australia: what is FMD and what happens if it enters the country?

    • Foot-and-mouth disease: how Indonesia is trying to control the outbreak by the end of the year

    • The rural network
      Calm the farm: foot-and-mouth disease is a threat, but it shouldn’t be used as a political weapon

      Gabrielle Chan

July 2022

  • General view of giraffes at the Melbourne Zoo in Melbourne, Thursday, October 29, 2020. The Melbourne Zoo has reopen to the general public following a major easing of coronavirus restrictions in metropolitan Melbourne and regional Victoria. (AAP Image/James Ross) NO ARCHIVING

    Taronga and Melbourne zoos move to protect animals from foot-and-mouth disease

  • Veterinarians inspecting cattle for foot-and-mouth disease in Bandar Lampung, Lampung province, Indonesia

    Full Story
    Foot-and-mouth: the livestock virus brewing at Australia’s borders

  • A worker carries a sheep to be slaughtered in Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia.

    The rural network
    Foot-and-mouth disease: Australian government backs electronic tagging for sheep

  • Officials from Britain's Ministry of Agriculture prepare slaughtered pigs and cows for the incinerator after an outbreak of foot and mouth disease was discovered there in 2001.

    The rural network, Victoria
    Foot-and-mouth disease could devastate Australia’s economy. Here’s what can be done

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