Lecture 8 Flashcards
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What is thr primary responsiblity for the department of Agriculture and water resources
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- Managing Australia’s biosecruity system
- Advise on and cordinates animal health policy at a national level
- International animal health matters including: quarantine, export certification and trade, as well as disease reporting to the WHO
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Explain biosecurity
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- Is protecting the economy, environment and people’s health from pests,weeds, diseases and comtaminants
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Purpose of OCVO
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- Determining, maintaining and improving Australia’s animal health status
- Providing the national and international focal points for amtters relating to Australia’s animal health status and systems
- Representing the Aus Government on animal issues of national interests including animals welfare and anti-microbial resistance
- Minimising the potential for economic losses through the distribution of trade due to an emergency animal disease outbreak
- Miniminsing the risk of an emergency animals disease incursion by addressing the risk off shore
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What is included in the verterinary functions
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- Health certification of exports of live animals and animal reporductive material
- Veterinary public health inspection of meat through a national inspection service
- Animal quarantine involving imports of live animals and animal products
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What is the point of on-plant veterinarians
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- Animal welfare
- Ante-mortem inspection
- Verification of meat inspection procedures
- Oversight of residue testing
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What is the Northern Australian Quarantine Strategy (NAQS) objectives
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- Identify and evaluate the unique biosecruity risks facing Northern Australia
- Develop and implement measures for the early detection of targeted risk species
- Contribute to national and international initiatives relevant to the strategy
- Manage to biosecurity aspects of movement through the Torres Strait risk pathway
- Engage with stakeholders, particularly Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, on measures that support effective biosecruity surveillance and other objectives of the Department of Agriculture and Water Resources in Northern Australia
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What is CSIRO
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- Multidisciplinary research teams to tackle major national and international health and biosecurity challenges
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What is the National Biosecurity Committee responsible for
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- Managing a national, strategic approach to biosecruity threats releating to plant and animal pests and diseases, marine pests and aquatics, and the impact of these on agricultural production, the environment, community well-being and social amenity
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What is the main purpose of the animal health committee
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- Develop science-based and nationally consistent policy on animal health issues, and to provide advice as necessary on animals health to NBC
