Animal Plan 2022-2027. Australia’s National Action Plan for Production Animal Health.

The Animal Plan 2022-2027 - Australia’s National Action Plan for Production Animal Health is Australia’s first national action plan to strengthen production animal health system. For the purposes of Animalplan, Australia’s national animal health system is defined as the organisations, businesses, services, policies and regulations that maintain and improve animal health outcomes for Australia’s animal production industries. These include animals that are raised or harvested for meat, fibre, milk, eggs or other products and are listed in Appendix B. Animalplan does not cover Australia’s commitments to international animal health and welfare activities, including those to manage biosecurity risks offshore.
Animalplan 2022 to 2027 has 7 objectives: 1) Improve Australia’s preparedness and ability to respond to emergency animal diseases (EADs). 2) Improve Australia’s surveillance and diagnostic capacity for animal pests and diseases. 3) Improve the adoption and implementation of biosecurity practices throughout the terrestrial animal industry supply chain. 4) Manage the risk of antimicrobial resistance. 5) Improve animal welfare outcomes relevant to emergency scenarios. 6) Implement industry sustainability frameworks and plans. 7) Improve the integrity of animal health systems.