WA Disease-Free Status Threatened
February 27, 2004
Feb. 27, 2004 -- Western Australia?s (WA) farming community is set to loose its disease-free status in relation to ovine Johne?s disease (OJD), according to Australian Broadcasting Corp.
Farmers and the Department of Agriculture have met to discuss the outbreak, which has now affected more than 80,000 sheep in the state?s south. Mike Norton, president of WA Farmers Federation meat section says, ?WA needs to accept that the disease is here and get on with trying to eradicate it.?
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