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Australia’s first national lumpy skin disease action plan launched

Brooke Barkla, CPC and NTLEA deputy chair Patrick Underwood with Federal Agriculture Miniser Murray Watt at the Berrimah Export Facility in Darwin on Thuresday.

THE Federal Government has launched Australia’s first National Lumpy Skin Disease Action Plan designed to strengthen efforts to prevent, detect, prepare for and respond to any incursion.

Lumpy skin disease (LSD) is a significant disease threat to Australian’s livestock industry, causing significant milk production losses and skin sores in cattle and water buffalo, and can be spread through…

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