Australian Veterinary Association is concerned there's not enough vets to help with biosecurity measuresFMD and LSD have been detected in neighbouring countriesIndonesia announced the detection of more than 1,000 cases of foot-and-mouth diseaseThe highly contagious disease, which is not yet present in Australia, is believed to have spread from Malaysia and marks the first FMD incursion in Indonesia since 1986.
Dr Secombe said pre-emptive control measures were needed to ensure the disease was excluded from entering the country. Locally, she said the industry has been struggling to retain veterinarians in rural and regional areas for decades, which has lead to the closure of a number of services."It's been recognised for a period of time that this isn't sustainable and we are now seeing effects of it as people are closing their vet businesses.
"So you have highly skilled people who are not being renumerated as they should for their level of skill and expertise."Australia's chief veterinary officer, Mark Schipp, said the arrival of FMD in Indonesia greatly increased the risk to Australia's cattle, sheep, goat and pig industries. On Monday, the Australian government offered Indonesia financial support to secure a vaccine to contain an outbreak of FMD.Mr Schipps said Australia has a vaccine bank held in the UK and could call upon other countries for their vaccines as well.
More importantly can Australia cope with the foot in mouth problems of Albo and ScoMo
You will just need bullets.
Oh here we go ,its coming then .
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