Incident Information

Information is available on a number of current wildlife health incidents in Australia, as well as selected long-term health investigations and historic wildlife health incidents. Detailed information is available in the national electronic Wildlife Health Information System (eWHIS).

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Some recent incidents of national interest have been supplied as quick links in the side menu.

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Incident - Flying-fox pup mortalities - 2023

Beginning in late October there have been increased reports of flying-fox pup mortalities in multiple states. Pups have been found dead in various locations in NSW and Qld. The...

Alert - African swine fever and feral pigs - 2023

Members of the wildlife community should be alert to signs of disease in Australian feral pigs. African swine fever is a highly contagious viral disease of feral and domestic pigs. It has...

COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2 virus)

Documents developed by WHA and links to other resources on COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2 virus).

Foot-and-mouth disease information

Foot-and-mouth disease is not present in Australia. However outbreaks of FMD have recently been reported in livestock in Indonesia including Bali. Foot-and-mouth disease is a nationally...

Incident - Frog mortalities - 2021 onwards

UPDATE July 2022: Over the last few weeks there has been a recurrence of reports of sick and dead frogs in eastern Australia, similar to those seen in 2021. An article was published about...

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