# Western Australia introduces new border controls for managing bovine Johne's disease in cattle - ABC News

> Western Australia has introduced new border controls for bovine Johne's disease, requiring cattle imports to meet conditions depending on origin. A surveillance program will start as soon as possible, funded by the state cattle industry levy.

- Date: 2017-02-22 · published 2017-02-22T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region Australia · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/72436-western-australia-introduces-new-border-controls-for-managing-bovine-johne-s
- Commodities: [Live Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LCATTLE.md), [Feeder Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/FCATTLE.md)

## Why it matters

Tighter movement rules in WA affect regional cattle trade flows but have negligible effect 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 | 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 | 2022-03-23 | [Australia's chief vet travels to Indonesia as urgent vaccine rollout begins for lumpy skin disease - ABC News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/42218-australia-s-chief-vet-travels-to-indonesia-as-urgent-vaccine-rollout-begins-for.md) | +0.5% | +2.0% |
| LCATTLE | 2023-10-23 | [Mexico boosts controls on cattle after new screwworm case found near US border in Nuevo Leon](https://feedsoft.ai/events/33561-mexico-boosts-controls-on-cattle-after-new-screwworm-case-found-near-us-border.md) | +0.4% | -3.5% |
| LCATTLE | 2022-03-24 | [Western Australia’s live cattle trade could be ‘stopped overnight’ by lumpy skin disease, Littleproud warns \| Countryman](https://feedsoft.ai/events/42223-western-australia-s-live-cattle-trade-could-be-stopped-overnight-by-lumpy-skin.md) | +0.2% | +2.4% |
| 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 | 2023-10-23 | [Mexico boosts controls on cattle after new screwworm case found near US border in Nuevo Leon](https://feedsoft.ai/events/33561-mexico-boosts-controls-on-cattle-after-new-screwworm-case-found-near-us-border.md) | -2.0% | -5.5% |
| FCATTLE | 2026-03-12 | [Border closing causes concern among some in cattle industry](https://feedsoft.ai/events/20121-border-closing-causes-concern-among-some-in-cattle-industry.md) | +2.9% | +6.8% |

## Sources

- abc.net.au: https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2017-02-23/wa-new-border-controls-for-bovine-johnes-disease-in-cattle/8289716

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