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Wildlife Exotic Disease Preparedness Program
Opinions included in the material appearing on this website do not necessarily represent those of the Wildlife Exotic Disease Preparedness Program, the Department or the Australian Government.
The WEDPP is a joint program involving the Australian Government and state and territory governments that commenced in 1984-85.
WEDPP's mission is to improve Australia's emergency animal disease preparedness through the development of strategies to monitor, prevent, control or eradicate emergency diseases in wildlife and feral animals that threaten Australia's livestock industries.
In recent years more emphasis has been placed on improving wildlife surveillance, and for Australia to gain a better knowledge of potential pathogens in the general environment.
The specific objectives of WEDPP are:
- To enhance and refine technologies for the surveillance, containment and control of wildlife in order to improve Australia’s animal disease preparedness capability.
- To develop a national cadre of competent personnel to perform wildlife disease control roles in an emergency animal disease incident; and promote the integration of animal health and wildlife personnel and activities for better animal health outcomes.
- To assist with the development of Australia’s animal disease preparedness with an emphasis on developing wildlife strategies and procedures for AUSVETPLAN.
The program has been instrumental in generating awareness of the potential role of wildlife and feral animals in the spread of exotic diseases. The program has also facilitated the development of control and eradication payments.
Information about current and completed projects are provided below.
2010-11
| Project Number | Project |
|---|---|
| 1 |
Taronga Conservation Society Australia - Australian Wildlife Health Network Core |
| 2 | Identifying and Mapping Hendra virus |
| 3 |
Final report On Newcastle Disease Viruses in Wild Bird Species and Poultry |
| 4 | Avian Migration and Movement pathogens in the Australo-Papuan context |
| 5 | Reserviors of Infection: The Epidemiological Characteristics of an Emerging Pathogen |
2009-10
| Project Number | Project |
|---|---|
| 1 |
Taronga Conservation Society Australia - Australian Wildlife Health Network Core |
| 2 | Identifying and Mapping Hendra virus |
| 3 | Development and Validation - Newcastle Disease  Word [709kb] |
| 4 | Field Surveillance and Monitoring – Leishmania in the Northern Territory |
| 5 | Avian Influenza Viruses in Migratory Shorebirds and Nomadic Water Fowl in South Australia |
2008-09
| Project Number | Project |
|---|---|
| 1 |
Northern Connections – Movements Of Birds Between Australia and Near Northern Neighbours |
| 2 | The Zoological Parks Board Of NSW - Australian Wildlife Health Network |
| 3 | Maintenance of a Coronavirus in a Population of Australian Bats |
| 4 | Feral Animals as Hosts of Exotic Disease |
| 5 | Destroy and Let Lie Disposal Project |
| 6 | Improving the Relevance and Efficiency of Wild Bird Surveillance for Avian Influenza |
|
7 |
Identifying and Mapping Hendra Virus Strain Diversity |
2007-08
| Project Number | Project |
|---|---|
| 1 |
Northern Connections – Movements Of Birds Between Australia And Near Northern Neighbours (No final report available) |
| 2 | The Zoological Parks Board Of NSW - Australian Wildlife Health Network  PDF [3mb] |
| 3 | Improved Characterisation Of Avian Influenza Subtypes By PCR Word [543kb] |
| 4 | Disease Surveillance And Epidemiological Investigations In Australian Fur Seals Word [62kb] |
| 6 | Field Study On The Prevalence Of Different Rabbit Caliciviruses In South Eastern Australia (No final report provided) |
| 8 | Training Course In Exotic Animal Disease Preparedness For Free-Ranging Wildlife And Feral Animal Personnel (No final report provided) |
|
9 |
Review Of Wildlife Exotic Disease Preparedness In Australia – Workshop Proceedings, April 2008 Research on Wildlife Disease Preparedness in Australia - Wendy R Henderson (2008) |
2006-07
| Project Number | Project |
|---|---|
| 1 |
Northern Connections – Movements Of Birds Between Australia And Near Northern Neighbours |
| 2 | The Zoological Parks Board Of NSW - Australian Wildlife Health Network |
| 3 | Determination Of Optimal Sampling And Transport Conditions For Enhanced Detection Of Avian Influenza And Newcastle Disease Viruses Word [2mb] |
| 4 | Virological And Molecular Characterisation Of Variant Newcastle Disease Virus In Wild Bird Species With Specific Emphasis On Waders And Ibises |
2005-06
| Project Number | Project |
|---|---|
| 1 |
The Zoological Parks Board of NSW - Australian Wildlife Health Network |
| 2 | The Genetic Structure of Austro-Indonesian Waterbird Populations |
| 3 |
Development of Cyanide Bait for Rapid Disease Sampling and Surveillance of Wild Animals |
| 4 |
Application of Rapid Diagnostic Tests in the Targeted Surveillance of Avian Influenza Virus within Victorian Wild Bird Populations Application of rapid diagnostic tests in the targeted surveillance of Avian Influenza Virus within Victorian wild bird populations - Final Report 2006 |
| 6 | Application of Rapid Diagnostic Tests to Detect Exotic West Nile Antibodies and Virus During Surveillance of Wild Birds, Mosquito Populations and Sentinel Flocks Word [122kb] |
|
7 |
Surveillance for Avian Influenza Viruses in Tasmanian Wild Bird Populations |
| 8 | Cross-Jurisdictional Model for Targeted Surveillance of Wild Bird Species PDF [272kb] |
|
9 |
Detecting Avian Influenza in Wild Birds in New South Wales |
|
10 |
Avian influenza surveillance in Victorian wild birds and at-risk domestic poultry |
|
11 |
Avian Influenza Surveillance in Wild Waterfowl in South Australia |
2004-05
| Project Number | Project |
|---|---|
| 1 |
Feasibility of Delivering Oral Liquid Vaccines or Contraceptives to Feral Pigs Related Paper |
| 3 | Preliminary Investigations for Measuring Animal Contact Rates |
| 4 |
Development of Rapid Molecular Surveillance Tools for the Detection of Avian Influenza Within Victorian Wild Bird Populations Final Report - August 2005 (4WEDPP04) |
| 6 |
The Feasibility of Targeting Surveillance for Avian Influenza in Wild Birds |
| Pathogenicity of H5N1 Strain of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Virus in Australian Native Ducks | |
|
Australian Wildlife Health Network Milestone Review Report of the AWHN |
2003-04
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11 Jan 2012