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Wildlife Exotic Disease Preparedness Program
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.
2005-06
| Project Number |
Project |
|---|---|
| 1 |
The Zoological Parks Board of NSW - Australian Wildlife Health Network AWHN OIE Report 2005 - Summary |
| 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 |
| 8 |
Cross-Jurisdictional Model for Targeted Surveillance of Wild Bird Species  PDF [272kb] |
2004-05
| Project Number |
Project |
|---|---|
| 1 |
Feasibility of Delivering Oral Liquid Vaccines or Contraceptives to Feral Pigs Summary Report Related Paper |
| 2 |
Natural Boundaries to Feral Pig Dispersal and Population Structuring |
| 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 AWHN OIE Report 2004 - Summary |
2003-04
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