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LOOKING at the year ahead, Australian Pork Limited is continuing to maintain a strong focus on engagement with pork industry emergency animal disease repre- sentatives.
with Liaison-Livestock Industry representatives supporting industry from the field.
for their respective EAD roles.
recorded EAD events. “It’s important our rep- resentatives know how they can keep themselves informed in this techno- logical age of online free subscriptions to technical resources,” Dr van de
or to nominate someone, contact Jess at jess.van deweyer@australianpork. com.au or on 0429 135 001.
The past two years have been heavily influenced by African swine fever industry preparedness, given the global spread of the disease.
APL ensures there are nominations of repre- sentatives from the pork industry – beyond APL staff – for each of these training sessions.
Weyer said.
For more information on
However, A PL’s future approach will shift to a broader EAD prevention, preparedness and resil- ience focus.
Each of these repre- sentatives are vital in the supply of technical in- formation, executive de- cision-making and com- munications to safeguard our industry as best as possible during an EAD incursion.
This coming year brings forth fresh opportunity for A PL to engage represent- atives beyond the initial training with AHA.
Should an EAD incur- sion occur, the response will be led by the state government of the area where the outbreak oc- curred, with the chief veterinary officer the key decision maker.
We currently have trained NMG, CCEAD and LLI representatives nationwide to repre- sent the Australian pork industry in an EAD re- sponse, but we are always looking for more.
One of APL’s most re- cent recruits – EAD policy analyst Dr Jess van de Weyer – is looking at a new EAD representative engagementstrategy.
However, government and industry will work together and will be di- rected by the Emergency Animal Disease Re- sponses Agreement and AUSVETPLAN.
As part of APL’s obliga- tions under the EADRA, we liaise closely with An- imal Health Australia, the independent national an- imal-health body in Aus- tralia, bringing together government and industry to deliver animal health and biosecurity as custo- dian of the EADRA.
This includes a recent communication via email to all pork industry EAD representatives, which will become a regular bi- annual EAD update from APL.
During an EAD incur- sion, we would rely on representatives of dif- ferent components of industry to provide their expertise and support on committees responsible for the response.
This training is organ- ised twice per year for NMG and CCEAD in March and September, and once or twice yearly in state jurisdictions for LLI.
To find out more about what is involved as an NMG and CCEAD or LLI representative, refer to the AHA website – animal healthaustralia.com.au
becoming a representative
Key committees and representatives involved in the development and agreement on the re- sponse plan include the National Management Group and the Consulta- tive Committee on Emer- gency Animal Diseases,
These emails will in- form the representatives on EAD work being pro- gressed by industry.
It is through AHA that industry representatives are provided training
Representatives can also expectupdatesthroughout the year from APL’s EAD team, regarding global pig disease outbreaks, recently published re- search and upcoming or
Dr Jess Van De Weyer, Australian Pork Limited’s new Emergency Animal Diseases policy analyst.
First mass administered erysipelas vaccine for pigs
breaks.
Finally, the most eco-
ZOETIS has intro- The pig is the most sulting from acute out-
duced Eryvac E-Oral, the Australian pork industry’s first mass in-water administered vaccine to aid in the prevention of the dis- ease commonly called diamond skin or swine erysipelas, caused by the bacteria erysipelo- thrix rhusiopathiae.
important reservoir for e rhusiopathiae, as an estimated 30-50 percent of healthy pigs appear to harbour the bacteria in tonsils or lymphoid tissues.
nomically harmful ef- fect can be the rejection of carcasses at the abat- toir due to the character- istic ‘diamond’ lesions only becoming visible during processing.
Zoetis is pleased to in- troduce a vaccine that has been available in Canada, Mexico and the US for over 20 years, that brings real value to the Australian pork in- dustry.
It is also a zoonotic disease that is capable to being transmitted to hu- mans, where it is known as erysipeloid.
Eryvac E-Oral pro- vides coverage across this period to aid in the prevention of erysipelas through the most expen- sive phase of the grower cycle.
Zoetis Australia tech- nical services manager pig Dr Branislav Ka- raconji said, “Eryvac E- Oral provides a labour- saving and welfare- friendly alternative to individual injection of grower pigs for protec- tion against erysipelas and, more importantly, helps to minimise losses for producers caused by condemnation of pigs or carcasses at processing due to the disease.”
Maternal antibody protection from sows correctly vaccinated with vaccines such as Lepto-Eryvac and Eryvac suppresses the occurrence of disease in young pigs up to 11 weeks.
Eryvac E-Oral vaccine for pigs is presented as a carton containing a vial of 250 doses of lyoph- ilised vaccine and a vial of Eryvac E-Oral fla- voured diluent to recon- stitute the vaccine prior to dilution into a stock solution that is metered into the watering system.
This leaves older pigs open to significant pro- duction losses.
This can range from sudden death and lame- ness to ill thrift.
The insidious losses due to slow growth and chronic illness can be greater than those re-
The product is stored refrigerated.
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As a mass adminis- tered vaccine, Eryvac E- Oral offers a convenient labour-saving method to aid in the prevention of erysipelas in group- housed grower pigs during the crucial final grow-out period.
This vaccine also of- fers a significant wel- fare improvement to the pig by eliminating the stress caused by indi- vidually injecting each animal in a group envi- ronment.
Erysipelas is a disease of economic importance not only in pigs but also in poultry and sheep.
A condemned carcass showing the classic dia- mond-shaped skin lesions caused by erysipelas. The use of Eryvac E-Oral will aid in the prevention of this economic and environmental loss.
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