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You have an important role to play in protecting your property and the entire alpaca industry from biosecurity threats.

On this page, you will find the tools to implement the simple, everyday biosecurity practices to protect the health of your livestock, limit production losses and help maintain market access for Australia’s alpaca producers.

The recommended on-farm biosecurity practices for alpaca owners are contained in the National Biosecurity Reference Manual: Grazing Livestock.

The manual provides a set of voluntary, cost-effective guidelines to help reduce the risk of disease entering a property, spreading through the livestock population, and/or being passed to surrounding livestock operations. It outlines recommended measures under five management areas: Livestock; People, equipment and vehicles; Feed and water; Pests and weeds; Management.

For alpaca producers looking to begin an on-farm biosecurity plan, download the On-farm biosecurity plan template.

Farm Biosecurity for Livestock Producers – brochure format

This easy to read brochure includes case studies to assist Alpaca producers to develop practical, easy to implement workable practices to protect their investments. Five key management areas identified in the brochure are: farm outputs, farm inputs, people, vehicles & equipment, production practices and ferals, pests & weeds.

National South American Camelid Declaration and Waybill

The National South American Camelid Declaration and Waybill has recently been updated for use by Alpaca producers to provide information about the health status of their herds. Buyers should ask for a copy and use the information provided to determine the health risks associated with the animals offered for sale.

The Farm Biosecurity Action Planner

The best defence against pests and diseases which threaten your Alpacas is to implement sound biosecurity practices on your farm. Quick and simple measures built into everyday practice will help protect your farm and your future.

Use the Farm Biosecurity Action Planner to assess the risks on your farm and to take steps to address them. Refer to the planner periodically to check on progress and prioritise actions.


Biosecurity toolkit

As an alpaca owner, the best way to protect yourself from biosecurity risks is to keep diseases, pests and weeds off your property.Q-Alpaca and AlpacaMAP are quality assurance programs that encourage diagnosis, monitoring and management of known diseases;  and give the maximum reduction of risk that a defined emergency animal disease (such as foot and mouth disease) could affect your herd in the event of an outbreak in Australia.

Resources
Alpaca and Llama Herd Health Status Declaration for Shows and Sales (74 KB)
Alpaca and Llama Herd Health Status Declaration for Shows and Sales (371 KB)
AlpacaMAP show sale exhibition venue audit form and certificate of compliance (352 KB)
AlpacaMAP show sale exhibition venue audit form and certificate of compliance-MS Word (109 KB)
National Farm Biosecurity Reference Manual - Grazing Livestock (2 MB)
Farm Biosecurity for Livestock Producers: Booklet (1 MB)
Farm Biosecurity Action Planner 2019 (1,017 KB)
On-Farm Biosecurity Plan Template (516 KB)
National South American Camelid Declaration and Waybill (900 KB)
Farm Biosecurity sign (372 KB)
Stock Receival Inspection Record (95 KB)
Vehicle Contamination Cleaning Record (63 KB)
Visitor and Staff Risk Assessment (330 KB)
Visitor Register (79 KB)

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Farm Biosecurity essentials: Farm inputs

Farm Biosecurity essentials: Farm outputs

Biosecurity and people movement on farms

FarmBiosecurity phone app

Farm Biosecurity essentials: Feral animals and weeds

Farm Biosecurity essentials: Production practices

Farm Biosecurity essentials: Train, plan, record

Vehicle and equipment biosecurity on farms

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The single biggest threat to the alpaca industry’s sustainability is an outbreak of an emergency animal disease. That’s why the Australian Alpaca Association has put into place a series of animal health policies at both the state and national levels to guard against threats to the industry’s biosecurity.

For more information visit our Emergency animal diseases page.

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