Cattle Compensation projects funded In 2015-16 the Cattle Compensation Fund funded nine projects. TABLE 3: Projects funded by the Cattle Compensation Fund Project Objective Administered by Funded by 2015-16 budget Anthrax vaccine and Provide a financial incentive to veterinarian costs ensure that producers with livestock on affected land Producer Agriculture Victoria $10,200 subsidies vaccinate against anthrax in a timely manner. Bovine disease Provide a voluntary on-farm (BJD) test and control program to improve the status program (TCP3) of herds infected with cattle Subsidy and herds infected with Johne’s Agriculture Victoria support to $367,200 disease and support producers administration of the program by Agriculture Victoria on behalf of the cattle industry. Can cattle survive Evaluate a commercially Research and Agriculture Victoria $45,000 anthrax exposure? available serological test for development anthrax in cattle. Creating better tools Improve detection and for defining and diagnosis of emerging tracking emerging diseases in cattle by creating a diseases in cattle single multiplex PCR test for Research and five cattle respiratory Agriculture Victoria $27,000 Development pathogens, and creating a real-time PCR test to investigate avermectin resistance in Ostertagia in cattle. Enhanced calf Investigate and enhance the Research and management Dairy Australia $100,000 calf management systems on development outcomes dairy farms. Field assessment of Continue on with the large the efficacy of silirum scale randomised, controlled vaccine in two dairy clinical commenced in herds infected with June 2005 to assess the BJD efficacy of Silirum™ Vaccine in two seasonal calving dairy herds endemically infected with Mycobacterium avium Research and Zoetis $20,455 subsp paratuberculosis. This development application is proposed to allow the continuation of the study, albeit in a less intensive manner, through continued monitoring of animals greater than 15 months old by faecal culture once a year for another 3 years. Knackery surveillance Describe the wastage of project Victorian cattle, perform Information surveillance for emergency gathering and Agriculture Victoria $200,000 animal diseases, and improve support for Agriculture Victoria staff producers capability in field necropsy and gross pathology skills.
Cattle Compensation projects funded In 2015-16 the Cattle Compensation Fund funded nine projects. TABLE 3: Projects funded by the Cattle Compensation Fund Project Objective Administered by Funded by 2015-16 budget Anthrax vaccine and veterinarian costs Provide a financial incentive to ensure that producers with livestock on affected land vaccinate against anthrax in a timely manner. Agriculture Victoria Producer subsidies $10,200 Bovine disease (BJD) test and control program (TCP3) Provide a voluntary on-farm program to improve the status of herds infected with cattle herds infected with Johne’s disease and support administration of the program by Agriculture Victoria on behalf of the cattle industry. Agriculture Victoria Subsidy and support to producers $367,200 Can cattle survive anthrax exposure? Evaluate a commercially available serological test for anthrax in cattle. Agriculture Victoria Research and development $45,000 Creating better tools for defining and tracking emerging diseases in cattle Improve detection and diagnosis of emerging diseases in cattle by creating a single multiplex PCR test for five cattle respiratory pathogens, and creating a real-time PCR test to investigate avermectin resistance in Ostertagia in cattle. Agriculture Victoria Research and Development $27,000 Enhanced calf management outcomes Investigate and enhance the calf management systems on dairy farms. Dairy Australia Research and development $100,000 Field assessment of the efficacy of silirum vaccine in two dairy herds infected with BJD Continue on with the large scale randomised, controlled clinical commenced in June 2005 to assess the efficacy of Silirum™ Vaccine in two seasonal calving dairy herds endemically infected with Mycobacterium avium subsp paratuberculosis. This application is proposed to allow the continuation of the study, albeit in a less intensive manner, through continued monitoring of animals greater than 15 months old by faecal culture once a year for another 3 years. Zoetis Research and development $20,455 Knackery surveillance project Describe the wastage of Victorian cattle, perform surveillance for emergency animal diseases, and improve Agriculture Victoria staff capability in field necropsy and gross pathology skills. Agriculture Victoria Information gathering and support for producers $200,000
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