# Australian biosecurity working to protect cattle from lumpy skin disease - Beef Central

> Australia's Chief Veterinary Officer says biosecurity measures are continuing to guard against lumpy skin disease, which is present and spreading in the region. The disease can cause serious production losses and trade restrictions if it reaches Australia.

- Date: 2022-02-25 · published 2022-02-25T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region Australia · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/42656-australian-biosecurity-working-to-protect-cattle-from-lumpy-skin-disease-beef
- Commodities: [Live Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LCATTLE.md)

## Why it matters

A lumpy skin disease incursion in Australia would hit cattle supply and live animal and hide trade, though no current outbreak is reported in Australia. The risk is a background factor for cattle and beef markets.

## Read by commodity

- LCATTLE: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| LCATTLE | 2021-07-21 | [China bans cattle imports from Laos to prevent skin disease
						 \| The Beef Site](https://feedsoft.ai/events/46009-china-bans-cattle-imports-from-laos-to-prevent-skin-disease-the-beef-site.md) | +0.5% | +1.7% |
| LCATTLE | 2023-07-31 | [Indonesia says cattle that arrived from Australia have lumpy skin disease. So what is it and why does it matter? - ABC News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/35000-indonesia-says-cattle-that-arrived-from-australia-have-lumpy-skin-disease-so.md) | +0.4% | +0.4% |
| LCATTLE | 2024-02-04 | [PH bans live cattle imports from Thailand, 3 others over lumpy skin disease fears](https://feedsoft.ai/events/31627-ph-bans-live-cattle-imports-from-thailand-3-others-over-lumpy-skin-disease-fears.md) | +1.8% | +4.3% |
| LCATTLE | 2023-03-01 | [US cattle industry concerned about increased FMD risk - Beef Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/36801-us-cattle-industry-concerned-about-increased-fmd-risk-beef-central.md) | -0.1% | -0.6% |
| LCATTLE | 2024-12-19 | [USDA allocates $165M to protect livestock from New World screwworm \| Agriculture Dive](https://feedsoft.ai/events/26913-usda-allocates-165m-to-protect-livestock-from-new-world-screwworm-agriculture.md) | +0.5% | +3.6% |

## Sources

- beefcentral.com: https://www.beefcentral.com/news/australian-biosecurity-working-to-protect-cattle-from-lumpy-skin-disease/

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