The AASV Foundation is accepting proposals for research with direct application to the swine veterinary profession.
Read MoreIt may come as a confronting surprise for cattle producers to learn that a pig disease could have cost them access to a key export beef market, had it made the relatively short hop from Timor Leste since gaining a foothold there in 2019. At LIVEXchange 2025, former chief veterinary officer Dr Mark Schipp revealed that, under the wording of Australia’s certification protocol with South Korea at the time, an outbreak of African Swine Fever (ASF) on Australian soil would have forced an immediate halt to beef exports to that market. Dr Schipp was asked at conference in Perth by veteran WA export industry stakeholder Garry Robinson how prepared Australia was diplomatically to re-establish trade as quickly as possible in the event of a major disease incursion. Mr Robinson noted that “people in the supply chain in our business could be broken in days, weeks or months” should a disease outbreak trigger a trade shutdown. Dr Schipp, a globally recognised scientist who has also served as pres
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