Livestock Mortalities for Exports by Sea

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Livestock Mortalities for Exports by Sea

Cattle | Buffalo | Sheep | Goats | Mortality Reports to Parliament

A report on livestock export mortalities is tabled in each House of the Parliament every six months. The requirement to table the report on livestock mortalities for exports by sea in both Houses of the Parliament arises from amendments to the Australian Meat and Live-stock Industry Act 1997 following the Australian Government’s response to the recommendations of the Keniry Livestock Export Review.

The information is based on the reporting by the master of the ship under the Marine Orders Part 43, subsection 425(1AA) of the Navigation Act 1912. In accordance with the requirements of the legislation the report contains information provided to the Secretary during the reporting period.

Under the Marine Orders Part 43 the AMSA obtains the information from the reports by the master of the ship. AMSA summarises the data before forwarding to the Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service.

Cattle Export Voyages

All Voyages 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005  2006  2007
Number of Voyages 411 404 454 375 295 244

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Head Exported 752,381 767,348 953,754 731,703 654,419 547,356  623,052  712,320
Mortalities 1,435 1,425 2,219 705 774 769  1,088  747
Average Mortality Rate 0.19% 0.19% 0.23% 0.10% 0.12% 0.14%  0.175%  0.10%

Buffalo Export Voyages

All Voyages 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005  2006  2007
Number of Voyages 17 16 27 25 21 15  20  15
Head Exported 1,901 1,940 3,801 3,858 5,487 2,954  7,266  3,473
Mortalities 14 5 21 20 23 3  19  5
Average Mortality Rate 0.74% 0.26% 0.55% 0.52% 0.42% 0.10%  0.26%  0.14%

Sheep Export Voyages

All Voyages 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006   2007
Number of voyages 104 139 134 93 66 56  68  61
Head Exported 4,553,189 6,257,120 6,069,702 4,379,920 3,638,413 3,651,584  4,158,671  3,768,953
Mortalities 61,000 78,749 75,530 43,404 28,005 35,534  37,348  37,409
Average mortality rate 1.34% 1.26% 1.24% 0.99% 0.77% 0.97%  0.89%  0.99%

Goat Export Voyages

All Voyages 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005  2006 2007 
Number of voyages 35 68 65 53 33 23  26 23 
Head Exported 18,991 63,362 111,334 52,412 22,635 12,528  26,418  24,307
Mortalities 376 1,236 1,808 399 212 85  133  172
Average mortality rate 1.98% 1.95% 1.62% 0.76% 0.94% 0.68%  0.50%  0.71%

Reports to Parliament

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