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Foot-and-mouth disease
Australia’s Ruminant Feed Ban (RFB) remains one of the key pillars in safeguarding our livestock industry from transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs), including bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) or Mad cow disease and scrapie. Australia has never had a case of BSE.
As major agricultural events like the Royal Queensland Show (EKKA) approach, livestock exhibitors should take proactive steps to protect their animals from pests and diseases.