Ref: RES 2010/11- INT09/16792(v2)
NSW Animal Health System
OVINE JOHNE’S DISEASE TECHNICAL PANEL
PROPOSAL FOR PANEL CONSIDERATION
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Subject:
Date:
Address:
PIC:
Contact (DV):
Reference:
Prevalence area:
LHPA:
Attachments
Phone:
Fax:
Email:
02
02
Issue
“
”
, PIC:
, owned by
is located in the
Livestock Health and Pest Authority (LHPA).
prevalence area of the
The property is/is not located within the NSW Exclusion Area.
The flock/property is infected /suspected to be infected with ovine Johne’s disease (OJD) following
a positive abattoir surveillance report (ref.
) on
of
culled on
200
at
abattoir.
or
The flock/property was found to be infected with OJD following
or
The flock/property is suspected of being infected with OJD following
.
Proposal
In accordance with standards in the national ‘Guidelines for the Implementation of Assurancebased OJD Management in Sheep’. 6.2: ‘Flocks that are infected with OJD are no longer regarded
as infected when:



the whole flock consists of Approved Vaccinates and has undertaken a PFC 350 Test
with negative results, at a minimum of 2 years after the last detected infected animal
has been removed; or
the whole flock is a Second Generation Approved Vaccinate Flock which has
undertaken a PFC 350 Test with negative results; or
a destocking/decontamination program approved by the Chief Veterinary Officer of the
jurisdiction, has been completed
The property owners are seeking to have the flock/property formally recognized as being of:
no greater risk of being infected than any other property in the OJD
prevalence area,
following implementation of a program, based on destocking and decontamination, as detailed
below,
or
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no greater risk of being infected than any other property in the OJD
prevalence area,
following implementation of a program, based on vaccination and testing, as detailed below.
History
Stock and Enterprise details
Area:
Current flock/herd structure:
Risk Management Plan - destocking strategy
Audit
Initial destocking inspection
Final destocking inspection
Approximate date
2
2
Completed
2
2
Where an initial destocking inspection was not undertaken a statutory declaration by the owner
must be attached.
Risk Management Plan - other strategies, eg decontamination, testing, vaccination
Consideration
The LHPA is in the
prevalence area for OJD.
Agreement
The owners of ‘
’ agree to:

comply with the above plan,

keep the District Veterinarian
informed of management decisions and disease
developments on the property during the period that the plan is in place,

allow LHPA staff to audit compliance with the plan as specified by the District Veterinarian.
Recommendation
If the owner of “
”, PIC
, follows the agreed plan to the satisfaction of the local District
Veterinarian and the Senior District Veterinarian and no evidence of OJD infection is detected in
animals from this property, then a report may be presented to the NSW Chief Veterinary Officer
(CVO) at the end of
2
.
or
If the owner of “
”, PIC
, follows the agreed plan to the satisfaction of the Regional
Veterinary Officer, a report may be presented to the NSW Chief Veterinary Officer (CVO) once all
the results of all PFC tests, abattoir surveillance or post mortems are known.
After consideration of the report, the NSW CVO may then declare that, in their opinion, “
(PIC:
) presents no higher risk, with regard to OJD, than any other property in the OJD
prevalence area.
”
Note: The consideration that “
” (PIC:
) has a risk of OJD infection that is equivalent to
that of other flocks in the prevalence area will be the opinion of the Chief Veterinary Officer based
on the evidence to hand. It will not guarantee absence of infection.
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CVO Approval
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