NSW Horse Owners Urged to Take Part in Biosecurity Efforts

The new traceability measures could help improve the state’s capacity to respond to animal disease outbreaks.
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New South Wales (NSW), Australia, horse owners are being encouraged to get behind new traceability measures to improve NSW’s capacity to respond to animal disease outbreaks, according to a July 9 statement from the state’s Department of Primary Industries.

From September last year, any owners of land on which horses and other livestock are kept are required to obtain a property identification code (PIC) from the Livestock Health and Pest Authority (LHPA). NSW DPI Director of Biosecurity Operations Barry Kay has thanked the 5,035 property owners that have obtained a PIC since the new measures were introduced.

“The new traceability requirements are part of biosecurity efforts aimed at improving NSW’s capacity to respond to animal disease outbreaks,” Kay said. “Knowing where horses are located as well as contact details for the owner improves our ability to effectively respond to future animal disease outbreaks or other emergencies.

“Not having this type of information hampered our efforts to control an outbreak of equine influenza back in 2007," he continued. “By working with the horse industry to introduce this new traceability measure we are now better prepared for future disease outbreaks. The introduction of a PIC system for horse properties also brings NSW into line with Queensland, Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia, Western Australia, and the Northern Territory which already have this requirement

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