Buying sheep - the general biosecurity duty, and how to avoid health hazards

Summary

Every year graziers introduce sheep on to their properties for different reasons, for example restocking, replacement rams, short term wool-cutters or sheep for fattening. The sheep may have been bought from a range of sources including: direct from other properties, store sales, circuit sales, online sales and in some cases from fat sales.

This primefact includes topics:

• Introducing sheep to your property
• The general biosecurity duty
• Discharging your biosecurity duty
• Managing biosecurity risks when buying sheep
• National sheep health declaration
• Sheep identification