if foot-and-mouth disease came to Western Australia

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Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4 Western Australia, Series 4

Volume 9

Number 10 1968 Article 2

1-1-1968

This could happen here : if foot-and-mouth disease came to This could happen here : if foot-and-mouth disease came to Western Australia

Western Australia

Department of Agriculture, Western Australia

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THIS COULD HAPPEN HERE

. . . if foot-and-mouth disease came

T H E f i r s t outbreak would probably be on a piggery not far f r o m a major port. But it m i g h t also appear among cattle or sheep in a similar area, or even on a cattle station in the N o r t h .

On a piggery or among dairy cattle, or even beef cattle in the south, the first outbreak would be recognised quite readily.

Among sheep it might be some time before the disease was noticed, because the symptoms in sheep are less obvious than in cattle or pigs.

An outbreak among cattle—or perhaps wild buffaloes—in the north could go un- noticed for some time; this is what Australian veterinarians fear most, because the disease might then have a chance to become widely established before action could be taken against it.

In any case it is most important that every person associated with livestock in Australia be aware of the threat of this and other exotic diseases, know something of their symptoms, and suspect an outbreak if he sees symptoms resembling those of an exotic disease.

Major foreign disease threats to Austra- lian livestock are being described in a series of articles in the Journal of Agricul- ture.

Any person finding a suspected case of foot-and-mouth or other exotic disease, should immediately contact the nearest government veterinary surgeon or stock inspector.

Under no circumstances should a suspect animal, or any samples or products derived from it, be taken off the property on which it is found.

If the examining officer thought the reported disease was in fact an exotic disease, he would immediately notify the Chief Veterinary Surgeon in the Depart- ment of Agriculture, and a diagnostic team would be despatched to the property.

The team would be made up of people with some experience of exotic diseases, and would make the first diagnosis on clinical evidence. They would also take diagnostic specimens to send to the United Kingdom or specialist laboratories else- where for laboratory confirmation.

If the team made a positive clinical diagnosis, the "Vesicular Diseases Plan"

for Western Australia would be set in motion. This is a plan prepared by each State of Australia to fight foot-and-mouth and related diseases. The plans will be co-ordinated on a Commonwealth-wide basis to allow immediate concerted action by all States and the Commonwealth, in the event of such an emergency.

In Western Australia the emergency provisions of the Stock Diseases Act and the Exotic Diseases Compensation Fund

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Western Australia

Act would be proclaimed. (Both these measures are due to go to State Parliament later this year.)

An emergency control centre would be set up in the outbreak area and an

"infected area" would be established around the infected property. This might be an area five to 10 miles in diameter, depending on the circumstances.

An immediate standstill would be im- posed on all stock movement, and movement of vehicles and other things con- nected with livestock, throughout the State. When the position was clarified the standstill would be reduced to a control area of 50 to 100 miles radius around the infected area.

As soon as the emergency powers were approved the slaughter of livestock would begin. All ruminants and pigs on the infected farm and on dangerous contact farms would be slaughtered and disposed of by burning or burial. Compensation would be paid for livestock slaughtered and all States and the Commonwealth would meet a share of the compensation funds paid in the event of an outbreak in any one State.

Veterinary surgeons would be seconded from all other States to ensure that ample trained personnel were available for the duration of the outbreak.

Manpower and machinery would have to be quickly assembled to handle road blocks,

slaughter and disposal of stock, and the police, the Civil Defence organisation, local government bodies, government de- partments and so on would be called in to assist.

All organisations likely to be associated with the disease eradication work are represented on the State Foot-and-Mouth Committee, which has been formed to co- ordinate the action against any outbreak.

Special sections of the State plan deal with abattoirs, saleyards, milk factories, showgrounds and so on and these will be applied to help stop all movement of stock and stock products, vehicles and so on which could involve a risk of spreading the disease.

Importers of stock or animal products which had left for other States or over- seas would be notified of possible disease risks.

Each State has a similar plan, and each is prepared to help the others in the event of an outbreak. Those associated with the planning believe that immediate and effective action to eradicate the disease would follow any reported outbreak.

But early eradication would depend on an early report of suspected disease outbreak, and here the vigilance of primary producers and all others associated with livestock is the key to success.

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