# Johne's Disease Regulation Update

> Australia marks five years since Johne's disease moved from national regulation to producer management, with most states having deregulated it. Western Australia is changing entry requirements for cattle, and producers wanting higher J-BAS scores will need herd testing.

- Date: 2021-04-27 · published 2021-04-27T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region Australia · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/47535-johne-s-disease-regulation-update
- Commodities: [Live Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LCATTLE.md), [Feeder Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/FCATTLE.md)

## Why it matters

Regulatory changes affect cattle movement and herd management costs in Australia but have minimal direct impact on global feed or commodity prices.

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| LCATTLE | 2021-09-15 | [WA set to relax border controls after new Johne's Disease detections - Beef Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/45008-wa-set-to-relax-border-controls-after-new-johne-s-disease-detections-beef.md) | -1.0% | -0.4% |
| LCATTLE | 2017-02-22 | [Western Australia introduces new border controls for managing bovine Johne's disease in cattle - ABC News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/72436-western-australia-introduces-new-border-controls-for-managing-bovine-johne-s.md) | +5.2% | +4.1% |
| LCATTLE | 2022-05-16 | [Foot and mouth disease risks concern WA Livestock Exporters Association \| WA](https://feedsoft.ai/events/41342-foot-and-mouth-disease-risks-concern-wa-livestock-exporters-association-wa.md) | -0.5% | -0.4% |
| LCATTLE | 2020-09-13 | [CME update: live cattle futures rise as shifts in pork market could mean increased consumption of beef
						 \| The Cattle Site](https://feedsoft.ai/events/51242-cme-update-live-cattle-futures-rise-as-shifts-in-pork-market-could-mean.md) | -0.1% | +4.0% |
| LCATTLE | 2021-09-23 | [Namibia detects a new strain of foot-and-mouth disease \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/45007-namibia-detects-a-new-strain-of-foot-and-mouth-disease-reuters.md) | -0.7% | +1.1% |
| FCATTLE | 2021-09-15 | [WA set to relax border controls after new Johne's Disease detections - Beef Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/45008-wa-set-to-relax-border-controls-after-new-johne-s-disease-detections-beef.md) | -0.3% | +2.1% |
| FCATTLE | 2017-02-22 | [Western Australia introduces new border controls for managing bovine Johne's disease in cattle - ABC News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/72436-western-australia-introduces-new-border-controls-for-managing-bovine-johne-s.md) | +0.4% | +6.0% |
| FCATTLE | 2022-05-16 | [Foot and mouth disease risks concern WA Livestock Exporters Association \| WA](https://feedsoft.ai/events/41342-foot-and-mouth-disease-risks-concern-wa-livestock-exporters-association-wa.md) | -2.8% | +8.5% |

## Sources

- brangus.com.au: https://www.brangus.com.au/johne-s-disease-regulation-update

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