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AHA facilitates partnerships between governments & livestock industries to protect animal health and the sustainability of Australia’s livestock industry.

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06/01/2026

Protect Australia’s livestock — protect your business
Ready to strengthen your biosecurity skills?
Animal Health Australia offers free online training for producers and industry professionals on:
✔ Biosecurity best practices
✔ Emergency animal disease response
✔ Livestock disease management
…and more.
👉 Start learning today: https://bit.ly/3O4syEt

28/12/2025

📘 Field Guide for Australian Vets on Emergency Animal Diseases

A practical resource to help vets quickly identify and respond to exotic and emerging livestock diseases. 🐄🐑🐖

The updated edition includes:
✔ Concise info on clinical signs
✔ Diagnostic steps
✔ Reporting requirements

👉 Access the guide: https://bit.ly/48WB05c

Australian Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry

24/12/2025

Thank you to all AHA members and partners in animal health for a big year of progress and collaboration. The AHA office will be closed from COB 24 Dec and will reopen on 5 Jan 2026.

22/12/2025

AHA is seeking a hands-on, detail-oriented Accountant who enjoys transactional finance work and thrives in a dynamic environment. This is a 6-month contract and can be either permanent part time or casual (3 days per week).

Applications will be assessed as they are received.

Find out more: https://bit.ly/4q0Dyq8.

18/12/2025

🐑 Border Disease confirmed in a Tasmanian flock

“Hairy shaker” lambs have recently been identified in a Tasmanian flock that had imported sheep from the mainland. The disease, caused by a pestivirus, has long been present in Australia but has not been considered a problem in Tasmania. Dr Bruce Jackson, vet and consultant working with AHA as part of the National Sheep Industry Biosecurity Strategy, provides practical advice to help reduce the impact of the disease for which there is no cure or vaccine.

👉 Read more on what farmers need to know and how to respond - https://bit.ly/45gNxzg

Tasmanian Government

17/12/2025

NBRT Advisory Group Plans Ahead

Recently, AHA welcomed members of the NBRT Advisory Group to our Canberra office for their quarterly meeting and a planning session for the 2026 NBRT Professional Development (PD) Week workshop.

Representatives from Australian Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry and jurisdictional agricultural departments met face to face to review progress of the 2024–28 NBRT program and map out next year’s PD Week.

We appreciate your valuable input and look forward to seeing you at the next workshop in 2026!

👉Read more: https://bit.ly/48FxrS5

15/12/2025

Steering Committee advances arbovirus monitoring recommendations

The National Arbovirus Monitoring Program Steering Committee recently met to consider recommendations from its 5 year review.

✅ Consensus was reached on 16 of 17 recommendations.
🔍Industry cost sharing proportions are now under discussion by a short term working group.

This marks an important step in strengthening Australia’s arbovirus monitoring framework for bluetongue, bovine ephemeral fever (three-day sickness) and Akabane viruses.

👉 Find out more: https://bit.ly/4pA3JE6

11/12/2025

🐑 AHA joined over 350 global experts at the International Sheep Veterinary Congress 2025 in Wollongong!

Together, under the theme Healthy Sheep to Feed and Clothe the World, we explored solutions to key challenges like emergency animal diseases, antimicrobial and anthelmintic resistance, and flystrike.

💡AHA shared insights from the National Sheep Health Monitoring Project and supported an industry and vet panel highlighting the vital role vets play in supporting sheep and wool enterprises.

👉 Read more: https://bit.ly/4rIpJxR

The ISVC 2025 was proudly sponsored by AHA, Sheep Producers Australia and WoolProducers Australia

08/12/2025

🎉 Congratulations to Ella Matta Pastoral, winner of the Farm Biosecurity Producer of the Year award at the 2025 Australian Biosecurity Awards! 🏆 Plant Health Australia

27/11/2025

What’s bugging your herd? 🦟Know the parasites flourishing on your farm this spring! 👉 Learn more at https://bit.ly/4oDmE08

21/11/2025

Farmers have faced floods, droughts, and trade challenges with resilience. Stand with the Land this to support those who sustain us.

Learn more: https://agday.org.au/

19/11/2025

🪰 Keeping Australia screw-worm fly free!

Biosecurity experts from across Australia met at Berrimah Farm, Darwin, for the annual Screw-Worm Fly Surveillance and Preparedness Program (SWFSPP) meeting.

The event focused on:
📝 Review of trapping and myiasis surveillance
📈 Global SWF trends and Australia’s risk profile
🧠 Strategic planning for future preparedness

Plus, the triennial SWFSPP entomology workshop brought together 20+ entomologists from NT, WA, NSW, and the Northern Australia Quarantine Strategy sharpened their SWF identification and surveillance skills.

👉 Read more: https://bit.ly/4p7DOmy

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Level 3, 243 Northbourne Avenue
Canberra, ACT
2602

Opening Hours

Monday	8:30am - 5pm
Tuesday	8:30am - 5pm
Wednesday	8:30am - 5pm
Thursday	8:30am - 5pm
Friday	8:30am - 5pm

Telephone

(02) 6232 5522

Website

http://animalhealthaustralia.com.au/

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