Australian vet body welcomes new agriculture minister
The Australian Veterinary Association (AVA) says it is looking frontwards to working alongside the country’s novel agriculture minister, Barnaby Joyce, on a make of issues, including brute welfare as well as brute illness surveillance.
“Growing upwards on a sheep as well as cattle farm inward the province I’m certain gives Mr Joyce a potent appreciation of all involved inward the agricultural sector including veterinarians,” AVA national president Dr Ben Gardiner said.
“One of the AVA’s highest priorities is for improvements to brute wellness as well as welfare standards.
“We promise to come across to a greater extent than commitment to the Australian Animal Welfare Strategy (AAWS), which was outset developed past times the Howard regime inward 2005 as well as which nosotros believe is the best musical instrument to brand achievable as well as sustainable improvements to the wellness as well as welfare of Australian animals.
“Global nutrient safety is an international trouble organisation as well as our agricultural industries cause got a potent export focus, as well as then nosotros would too similar to come across the federal regime play a greater role inward brute illness programs that tin ameliorate our access as well as competitiveness inward globe trade.
“Resources dedicated to brute illness surveillance as well as answer cause got been significantly injure dorsum past times province as well as territory governments over the final xx years.
“We’ve witnessed centralisation of veterinary pathology labs which straightaway service larger areas, making timely diagnosis of of import diseases an issue.
“Government plain veterinarians cause got too diminished significantly, reducing Australia’s mightiness to honour exotic diseases, as well as then mortal veterinarians volition request to hold out engaged to accept upwards this slack.”
“We hold off frontwards to working alongside the incoming regime as well as the novel Minister of Agriculture inward addressing these issues,” Gardiner said.
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