Swine fever risks could overwhelm stretched border forces says biosecurity boss

Andrew Marshall
Updated April 7 2020 - 6:49pm, first published 3:00pm
Federal ag dept not agile enough to stop swine fever invasion risk
Federal ag dept not agile enough to stop swine fever invasion risk

Australia's biosecurity inspector-general has warned agricultural quarantine services must be beefed up to anticipate five years of heightened risk from killer pig disease African swine fever.

Andrew Marshall

Andrew Marshall

National agribusiness writer

Andrew Marshall is the group agribusiness writer for ACM's state agricultural weeklies and websites. He is a former editor at The Land and has worked in various Rural Press group roles in Canberra, North Richmond (NSW) and Toowoomba (Qld).

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