This supports emergency response staff who are already trained to use those manuals. The ausvetplan manuals are also used for training to ensure that the plans will be effective and that personnel are trained in advance of an emergency animal disease event. Emergency management manual victoria emmv, the principal document for. The format of this manual was adapted from similar manuals in ausvetplan the australian veterinary emergency plan for terrestrial animal diseases. Ausvetplan disease strategy lumpy skin disease version 3.
Vetus is an internationally operating developer, manufacturer and trading company, selling marine engines, generators and technical equipment for recreational craft and small commercial vessels. The complete series of manuals is available on the animal health australia website. This manual can be accessed via the operational manuals link in the references section of this document. If the ewd is listed under the emergency animal disease response agreement eadra, the relevant disease strategy and supporting documents will provide guidance for the response. Mintrac national training conference developing an. The full list of ausvetplan manuals that may need to be accessed in an emergency is shown below. More information can be found in ausvetplan operational manuals. The bovine tuberculosis case response manual pdf 1 mb provides information on the management of an incident of bovine tuberculosis. The relevant government department will inform you of these procedures. Ausvetplan enterprise manual for meat processors target groups. Aquavetplan operational procedures manual department of.
Emergency plans ausvetplan on behalf of its members. Responsibilities are listed under the role title in the functional columns and are applicable to both state strategic and local operational roles. Risk management planning for an emergency animal disease. Appendix 2 provides a proforma for such a document. Longterm circulation of influenza a viruses iavs among swine poses a public health threat. Managing an emergency animal disease response animal health. A biosecurity self auditauditable checklist for continuous improvement is attached as appendix 9. This operational manual for the destruction of animals with techniques for humane. Chief veterinary officer the chief veterinary officer of a state or territory, or the australian chief veterinary officer. National farm biosecurity manual for chicken growers. Ausvetplan contains the nationally agreed approach for the response to emergency animal disease ead incidents in australia. Australian veterinary plan ausvetplan disease strategy. Consult the ausvetplan manual on decontamination for information on requirements for different diseases.
Ausvetplan is a series of technical response plans that describe the proposed australian approach to an emergency animal disease incident. The format of this manual was adapted from similar manuals in ausvetplan. Key points understand what may occur during an outbreak and think about how your business will respond. This operational procedures manual for public relations activities in the event of an emergency animal disease incident is an integral part of the australian veterinary emergency plan, or ausvetplan edition 3. A similar format and content have been used to enable personnel trained in ausvetplan procedures to work. The full list of ausvetplan manuals that may need to be accessed in an emergency is. Ausvetplan summary document and valuation and compensation manual.
National biosecurity manual for beef cattle feedlots. The documents provide guidance based on sound analysis, linking policy, strategies, implementation, coordination and emergency. Updated ausvetplan manuals enterprise ead plans and decontamination manuals state emergency resource plans enterprise communication plans updated wool specis 6. It is available in pdf format from the acmf website au. Ausvetplan is a series of technical response plans that describe the australian approach to an exotic animal disease incursion. This plan is guided by the national response strategy for african swine fever, called ausvetplan. Examples of evident points that may trigger an alert are where there is a. We update them with new research, experiences or emerging threats. Risk management planning for an emergency animal disease outbreak. Ausvetplan is a comprehensive series of manuals that sets out the various roles, responsibilities and policy guidelines for agencies and organisations involved in an ead response.
Ausvetplan s scope includes all diseases categorised under the eadra. Zealand college of veterinary scientists 3 core journal candidates are expected to have ready access to either print or electronic versions of the journal and have a detailed knowledge of the published articles in the subject area. Ausvetplan manuals and documents animal health australia. Some ausvetplan manuals and strategies may be relevant to an ewd response. Agriculture and resource management council of australia and new zealand. Ausvetplan manuals listed in the reference section and livestock biosecurity network contacts for members represented by the network listed at au 3. System bims, australian veterinary emergency plan ausvetplan and the australian plant pest response plan plantplan.
Once documents reach final stage, they are easily published to html and pdf. The ausvetplan manuals are also used for training to ensure that the plans will. Ausvetplan australian veterinary emergency plan manuals and. Ausvetplan contains the nationallyagreed approach for the response to emergency animal disease ead incidents in australia. The format and content of each manual is adapted from ausvetplan and aquavetplan. The use of ausvetplan is mandated in the emergency animal disease response agreement eadra. This disease strategy for the management of an outbreak of african swine fever asf in. Bluetongue abraham g, morrison j, mayberry c, cottam b, gobby r. Detailed instruction for the field implementation of the strategies are contained in the ausvetplan operational procedures manuals and management manuals. For further information about ausvetplan refer to ausvetplan manuals and documents. The documents provide guidance based on sound analysis, linking policy, strategies, implementation. In september 2018, a case of human infection with a swineorigin influenza virus was detected in australia through routine human influenza virus surveillance by the world health organization who collaborating centre for reference and research on influenza melbourne, victoria, australia, which is part of the who global influenza surveillance and response system. Ausvetplan enterprise manual for beef cattle feedlots provides a key reference for the development of a feedlot emergency response plan.
Wool has the advantage over other commodities of being non. Since 2012, amendments have been made to the ausvetplan control c entres management manual parts 1 and 2 version 4. This document is also available in word and pdf format at. The format and content have been kept as similar as possible to ausvetplan documents, to enable animal health professionals trained in ausvetplan procedures to work efficiently with this document in the event of an aquatic veterinary emergency. The procedures are adapted in this manual to apply to eradication of foci of serious. Australian veterinary emergency plan ausvetplan response policy briefs. Ausvetplan control centre management manual parts 1 and 2 ausvetplan manual s for the suspected or diagnosed disease outbreak computer with internet access and access to the national traceability database, the state disease reporting system and a gis package. An ead outbreak would impose very substantial costs on the wool industry, depending on the specific disease involved. In victoria this would be led by agriculture victoria through the implementation of a disease response plan. The 2009 pandemic was caused by a reassortant swine influenza ah1n1 virus with genes that originat. The documents provide guidance based on sound analysis, linking policy, strategies, implementation, coordination and emergency management plans. Ausvetplan manuals3 disease strategies enterprise manuals. Ausvetplan australian veterinary emergency plan the national contingency. Chief veterinary officer the chief veterinary officer of a state or territory, or.
This manual has been produced in accordance with the agreed procedures developed for drafting of ausvetplan manuals, and in consultation with australian. Ajem oct 2016 ausvetplan turns 25 australian disaster. The full list of ausvetplan manuals that may need to be accessed in an emergency is shown. A 30minute plan for livestock transport enterprises about this document the likelihood of emergency animal diseases eads such as footandmouth disease is low. Funding for the preparation and printing of this manual was provided by the rirdc. For example, there are no ausvetplan manuals for woolspecific enterprises. Record and keep displayed or saved in your phone for fast access the emergency animal disease watch hotline number 1800 675 888 and the number of your local district or private veterinarian or equivalent. Ausvetplan manuals that may need to be accessed in an emergency is. Wildlife health australia maintains response guidelines for other diseases of wildlife. A 30minute plan for livestock transport enterprises.
In addition, ausvetplan includes an enterprise manual for. The australian veterinary emergency plan or ausvetplan is a coordinated national response plan for the management and, where possible, eradication of exotic disease incursions and outbreaks of certain emerging or endemic animal diseases. Install wall maps of the property and surrounding areas. Cross reference to strategies, manuals and other ausvetplan documents are expressed in the form.
We may add manuals for other marine pests in future. It is suggested that this manual should be used together with the fao manual on the preparation of national animal disease emergency preparedness plans, published in 1999. Ausvetplan the australia veterinary emergency plan is a comprehensive series of manuals that sets out the various roles, responsibilities and policy guidelines for organisations involved in an emergency animal disease response. The most recent edition of each manual is the version. The plan is detailed in a series of manuals and supporting documents and covers 66 categorised animal diseases, including one on asf. Industryspecific information is given in the aquavetplan enterprise manual. Level 2 high risk biosecurity procedures in the event of an outbreak of an.
This manual is the reference document for use in developing sectorspecific farm biosecurity manuals. Sources of information recommended for use in conjunction with this manual include. Australian veterinary emergency plan ausvetplan 2000 ooperational procedures manual online. Ausvetplan is a series of technical response plans that describe the. The daff ausvetplan discussion paper noted the risk that the need to update ausvetplan manuals is moving at a greater pace than the resources available. Roles and responsibilities nsw dpi and lls undertake emergency management roles in the event of an avian influenza outbreak as per the ausvetplan control centre management manuals part 1 and part 2. Australian veterinary emergency plan ausvetplan response policy briefs brief policy statements for emergency animal diseases that are subject to cost sharing between governments and livestock industries but not covered by full ausvetplan disease strategies version 3.
The format and content have been kept as similar as possible to these documents, in order to enable animal health professionals trained in ausvetplan procedures. This manual describes the principles for an emergency response to an incident caused by the suspicion or confirmation of incursion by the japanese seaweed undaria pinnatifida, a known invasive marine pest species established in victoria and tasmania but not considered to be. The australian veterinary emergency plan, or ausvetplan, is the national contingency planning. Guidelines to an emergency animal disease ead alert a clear and precise action plan should be activated if an ead is evident or suspected. Ausvetplan structures and functions are described in the ausvetplan summary document. Ausvetplan manuals 3 disease strategies individual strategies for each of 35 diseases bee diseases and pests response policy briefs for diseases not covered by individual manuals operational.
The format of this manual has been adapted from similar manuals in ausvetplan the australian veterinary emergency plan for terrestrial animal diseases. Disposal procedures, and decontamination operation procedures manuals of ausvetplan second edition, 1996. Each production system will have a different range of biosecurity threats, challenges and operating environments, which must be addressed with relevant approaches based on the principles identified in this manual. Locally acquired human infection with swineorigin influenza. The procedures are adapted in this manual to apply to eradication of foci of serious infectious diseases of domestic livestock in. This document may also form the basis for either 2nd or 3rd party audits where this is required. Industryspecific information is given in the relevant enterprise manuals. Tracing of animals andor goods that present a transmission risk tracing of movements of animals, products and carriers of fomites, such as vehicles, determines how far the disease may have spread and where it may have come from. The issues will be worked on by experts and relevant text included at a future date.
The availability of ausvetplan manuals ensures that information about the policies and procedures to manage an ead incident in australia are immediately at hand and the responsibilities of those involved are clear, so that no time is lost in mounting a response. Ausvetplan consists of a series of manuals and supporting documents that include individual disease strategies, response policy briefs, operational procedures, enterprise manuals, management manuals, resource and guidance documents. Ausvetplan operational procedures manual decontamination version 3. The manual is maintained and distributed by the australian chicken meat federation. Additional response specific roles and function responsibilities are available in ausvetplan, plantplan, aquaplan, and for marine pollution oiled wildlife unit roles. Capacity building key contract database ead preparedness. Masterdocs can accommodate additional publishing outputs in future if required. These costs would arise from the response to the disease itself, and the trade impact. Completion of the wool enterprise manual, part of the ausvetplan suite of ead response documents. Detailed instructions for the field implementation of ausvetplan are contained in the disease strategies, operational procedures manuals, management manuals and wild animal manual. The full list of ausvetplan manuals that may need to be. The documents provide guidance based on sound analysis, linking policy, strategies, implementation, coordination and emergencymanagement plans. The work is of an ongoing and highly technical nature that requires a deep understanding of local and international practices in a dynamic and global environment.
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