In this Topic

• Animal Health Legislation
  From time to time notices may be published in the Government Gazette which have important implications for persons involved with animals and animal materials. Some of the more important notices are placed on this web site.
• Information for Veterinary Practitioners
  The purpose of this web page is to provide veterinary practitioners in Tasmania with ready access to information and resources for specific animal health programs.
• Notifiable Animal Diseases
  The list of animal diseases for which in Tasmania there is a legal requirement to report any suspect cases.
• Reporting an Emergency Animal Disease
  How to recognise an Emergency Animal Disease and how to report it for follow up action.
• Bees
  Information on the importation of bees, honey and apiary products and diseases that infect bees.
• Cattle
  Information on cattle diseases and biosecurity.
• Goats
  Information on goat diseases and biosecurity.
• Horses
  Information for horse owners and organisers of horse events in Tasmania including disease hotline numbers.
• Pigs
  Information on diseases that infect pigs and how to reduce the risk of infection.
• Poultry and Pigeons
  Information on poultry and pigeon biosecurity.
• Sheep
  Information on sheep diseases and biosecurity.
• Wildlife
  Information about wildlife biosecurity.
• Diseases that affect multiple species including humans
  Information about specific diseases of current interest that affect animals and can be transmitted to humans, also known as Zoonotic diseases.
• Ehrlichiosis
  Ehrlichiosis is a disease of dogs that occurs when a species of tick called the 'brown dog tick', infected with the bacteria Ehrlichia canis, bites a dog.