AU: 2019 Anthrax in animals

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Source: https://www.westernadvocate.com.au/story/5894562/anthrax-kills-hundreds-of-nyngan-sheep/

February 8 2019 - 12:10PM
Hundreds of sheep killed by anthrax at Nyngan property
Lucy Kinbacher


AT least 350 sheep have died from anthrax poisoning on a property near Nyngan.

NSW Department of Primary Industries confirmed biosecurity measures had been put in place on a Central West property after a large number of livestock deaths...

 

[Shiloh]

Source: http://www.sunraysiadaily.com.au/story/5935972/swan-hill-in-new-sheep-farm-anthrax-outbreak/

Swan Hill in new sheep farm anthrax outbreak
5 Mar 2019, 3:30 a.m.

A NEW case of anthrax has been confirmed on a sheep property near Swan Hill, only three months after the last outbreak.

In December last year, about 30 sheep were killed by the disease following a case of anthrax at another sheep property near Swan Hill...

 

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Source: https://www.sheepcentral.com/new-nsw-anthrax-outbreak-prompts-second-vaccination-call/

New NSW anthrax outbreak prompts second vaccination call
Sheep Central, October 30, 2019

A NEW outbreak of anthrax in western New South Wales has led to the second call this month for the state’s livestock producers to vaccinate their stock against the disease.

The state’s second and most recent case of anthrax was located in a mob of rams in the Western Local Land Services region.

NSW Department of Primary Industries said biosecurity measures, including stock movement restrictions and the vaccination of remaining livestock, were immediately imposed.

“In both cases this year, the stock that developed anthrax were not vaccinated,” DPI senior veterinary officer, Dr Graham Bailey said.

In New South Wale’s first anthrax outbreak this year, about 350 sheep were confirmed as dying from the disease at a central west New South Wales property in February. Anthrax deaths have also been reported in sheep flocks near Swan Hill in recent years, with one outbreak in 2017 prompting the vaccination of more than 7000 sheep, cattle and pigs by Agriculture Victoria...