Australia reviews import policy for horses

Australian agriculture government are reviewing the country’s import policy for horses, donkeys together with mules to decide whether changes are needed to the electrical flow policy.

The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries together with Forestry is inviting comments on the draft policy review past times March 25.

The review of the Import run a risk analysis written report for horses from approved countries, issued inward March 2010, was foreshadowed inward the Australian Government’s reply to i of the recommendations that arose from the research into Australia’s 2008 equine flu outbreak.

The draft policy review has taken into employment organisation human relationship submissions received from stakeholders since the statement of the review on Oct 31, 2011, likewise equally novel together with relevant peer-reviewed scientific information, advice from international scientific experts, together with relevant changes inward manufacture practices together with operational practicalities.

The subdivision has reviewed the risk listing together with updated the assessment together with administration of the biosecurity risks associated amongst the importation of equines from approved countries.

It has considered changes to the distribution of African Equus caballus sickness, dourine together with glanders together with determined that these illness risks are managed inside electrical flow biosecurity measures.

Key proposals of the draft policy review are the:

• Revision of biosecurity measures for contagious equine metritis considering changes inward the clinical presentation of infection amongst Taylorella equigenitalis.
• Revision of biosecurity measures for equine flu considering availability of up-to-date vaccines, recent sense amongst molecular diagnostic techniques together with recognised changes inward virus clade distribution.
• Revision of biosecurity measures for equine viral arteritis considering measures recommended past times the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) inward 2012.
• Revision of biosecurity measures for equine piroplasmosis considering reported changes inward prevalence inward simply about approved countries, the potential effects of regional strain differences inward diagnosis, together with the difficulties inward diagnosing together with establishing the truthful condition of tested animals, peculiarly inward areas of depression illness prevalence.
• Removal of biosecurity measures for West Nile fever inward draw amongst the OIE recommendation that merchandise restrictions should non endure imposed on dead-end hosts such equally horses together with because a novel variant strain of West Nile virus was identified inward horses inward Commonwealth of Australia inward 2011.

The subdivision is seeking comments on the technical aspects of the proposed biosecurity measures associated amongst the importation of equines. In particular, comments are invited on the appropriateness of the measures or option measures that would render equivalent run a risk administration outcomes.

Comments should endure submitted to:

Animal Biosecurity
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries together with Forestry
GPO Box 858
CANBERRA ACT 2601
Telephone: +61 two 6272 4465
Facsimile: +61 two 6272 3399
Email: animal@daff.gov.au

 

 

 

 

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