# Beef herd health-it extends far beyond our airports | The National Tribune

> Australian Agriculture Minister Bridget McKenzie and MP Michelle Landry stressed the biosecurity risks to the northern beef herd from diseases such as foot and mouth disease, screw worm fly and rabies in nearby countries. They cited sentinel cattle herds tested for exotic diseases across the top end, Papua New Guinea and Timor Leste.

- Date: 2019-08-15 · published 2019-08-15T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region Australia · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/57522-beef-herd-health-it-extends-far-beyond-our-airports-the-national-tribune
- Commodities: [Live Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LCATTLE.md)

## Why it matters

Heightened biosecurity focus signals protection of Australia's disease-free status, which underpins its export access and cattle prices. An outbreak in the region would disrupt beef and live cattle trade flows.

## Read by commodity

- LCATTLE: neutral

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## Sources

- nationaltribune.com.au: https://www.nationaltribune.com.au/beef-herd-health-it-extends-far-beyond-our-airports/

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