Amendment to ovine/caprine semen import requirements for paratuberculosis (Johne’s disease)

Australia has reviewed our import conditions for ovine/caprine semen for paratuberculosis (Johne’s disease) and has amended the wording to remove the need for testing for this disease, and has also amended the requirements to support certification in approved countries where Johne’s disease in not ‘officially’ reported.Australia will accept certification to the new conditions immediately, and will also continue to accept certification under the previous conditions for a transition period of six months from the date of this notification.NEW CONDTIONS:Johne’s diseaseMycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosisDonors have been kept in a flock/herd in which no case of paratuberculosis was diagnosed or officially reported during the two years immediately prior to collection.PREVIOUS CONDITIONS:Johne’s disease (M. paratuberculosis
Donors either:gave a negative result to an absorbed ELISA or AGID for JD between 90 days before the first collection of semen and export;
ORhas been kept in a herd in which no clinical sign of paratuberculosis was officially reported during the five years immediately prior to collection.

[The veterinary certificate must indicate the option that applies. The attached table must include dates of sampling for test, type of tests used, test results.]