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TheCattleSite Foot and Mouth Disease News
This page provides a summary list of both recent and past news articles related to Foot and Mouth Disease. To read news from a specific country click on that country's flag.
Australia Steps Up Biosecurity
AUSTRALIA - The New South Wales (NSW) Farmers’ Association has stepped up its focus on biosecurity, calling for a moratorium on the introduction of the live foot and mouth disease (FMD) virus into Australia, at its Executive Council meeting in Tamw...
Import Plan Mystery
AUSTRALIA - There was no submission to the Beale quarantie inquiry suggesting foot and mouth disease be brought to Australia, and officers from the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry have conceded they saw no reason to bring the disease...
Nothing to Fear From Live Virus
AUSTRALIA - There should be nothing to fear if live strains of foot and mouth virus are brought to the Australian Animal Health Laboratory for research, with the man in charge this week declaring it the safest research facility in the world.
ABA Against Introduction of Live Virus
AUSTRALIA - ABA Chairman Brad Bellinger has said that it is 'unbelievable' that the recently released Beale Report would recommend a policy to introduce the live Foot and Mouth Disease virus into Australia.
Virtual Outbreak Model Follows FMD Tracks
AUSTRALIA - Researchers have completed the first stage of development work on a comprehensive model of the spread of Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) in cattle to evaluate policy surrounding the management of FMD and other exotic diseases should an outbreak...
FMD Test Differentiates Vaccinates And Infections
Researchers at Australia’s Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization’s (CSIRO) animal health lab have developed a new test for foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) that involves no infectious viral material and can differentiate between infected...
No To Foot-And-Mouth For Research
AUSTRALIA - Unless foot-and-mouth disease arrives uninvited in Australia, scientists will never get a look at the virus at the Australian Animal Health Laboratory (Aahl).
Latest Foot and Mouth Disease News
Thursday, March 05, 2009
Australia Steps Up Biosecurity AUSTRALIA - The New South Wales (NSW) Farmers’ Association has stepped up its focus on biosecurity, calling for a moratorium on the introduction of the live foot and mouth disease (FMD) virus into Australia, at its Executive Council meeting in Tamw...
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Import Plan Mystery AUSTRALIA - There was no submission to the Beale quarantie inquiry suggesting foot and mouth disease be brought to Australia, and officers from the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry have conceded they saw no reason to bring the disease...
Thursday, January 15, 2009
Nothing to Fear From Live Virus AUSTRALIA - There should be nothing to fear if live strains of foot and mouth virus are brought to the Australian Animal Health Laboratory for research, with the man in charge this week declaring it the safest research facility in the world.
Tuesday, January 06, 2009
ABA Against Introduction of Live Virus AUSTRALIA - ABA Chairman Brad Bellinger has said that it is 'unbelievable' that the recently released Beale Report would recommend a policy to introduce the live Foot and Mouth Disease virus into Australia.
Tuesday, September 02, 2008
Virtual Outbreak Model Follows FMD Tracks AUSTRALIA - Researchers have completed the first stage of development work on a comprehensive model of the spread of Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) in cattle to evaluate policy surrounding the management of FMD and other exotic diseases should an outbreak...
Monday, June 23, 2008
FMD Test Differentiates Vaccinates And Infections Researchers at Australia’s Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization’s (CSIRO) animal health lab have developed a new test for foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) that involves no infectious viral material and can differentiate between infected...
Friday, August 17, 2007
No To Foot-And-Mouth For Research AUSTRALIA - Unless foot-and-mouth disease arrives uninvited in Australia, scientists will never get a look at the virus at the Australian Animal Health Laboratory (Aahl).

