ASHEEP & BEEF has been involved in the national FMD Ready project, which aimed to strengthen preparedness for an emergency animal disease outbreak and facilitate an earlier return to trade for Australia following control of such a disease, using FMD as a model. ASHEEP & BEEF assisted as part of a pilot group looking at ways to strengthen animal health surveillance partnerships at local, state and national levels. 

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This project was supported by Meat & Livestock Australia (MLA), through funding from the Australian Government Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment as part of its Rural Research & Development for Profit programme, and by producer levies from Australian FMD-susceptible livestock (cattle, sheep, goats and pigs) industries and Charles Sturt University (CSU), leveraging significant in-kind support from the research partners. The research partners for the project are the Commonwealth Science and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), CSU through the Graham Centre for Agricultural Innovation, the Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) and the Australian Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment, supported by Animal Health Australia (AHA).

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Find our more about the project here.

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Resources:

Tri-anual FMD Ready newsletter

ASHEEP Smallholder Flyer