# WA goes its own way on BJD - Beef Central

> Western Australia will keep its Johne's disease free status and not adopt the national framework that other states adopted in July 2016. WA will fund border controls, surveillance and eradication through its cattle industry levy, requiring interstate cattle to undergo testing before entry.

- Date: 2017-02-22 · published 2017-02-22T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region Australia · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/72438-wa-goes-its-own-way-on-bjd-beef-central
- Commodities: [Live Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LCATTLE.md), [Feeder Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/FCATTLE.md)

## Why it matters

Divergent state rules fragment Australian cattle movements, a regional livestock-trade issue with little bearing on global feed or commodity prices.

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## Sources

- beefcentral.com: https://www.beefcentral.com/news/wa-breaks-ranks-with-other-states-on-bjd/

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