feral pigs – AADIS Epidemiological Model https://aadis.org Australian Animal Disease Spread Model Tue, 28 Oct 2025 20:00:18 +0000 en-AU hourly 1 https://aadis.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/cropped-aadis_cropped2-32x32.jpg feral pigs – AADIS Epidemiological Model https://aadis.org 32 32 NSW Vertebrate Pest Management Symposium, Coffs Harbour 21-23 October 2025 https://aadis.org/nsw-vertebrate-pest-management-symposium-coffs-harbour-21-23-october-2025/ https://aadis.org/nsw-vertebrate-pest-management-symposium-coffs-harbour-21-23-october-2025/#respond Thu, 23 Oct 2025 19:53:37 +0000 https://aadis.org/?p=952 Keynote address at the NSW Vertebrate Pest Management Symposium in Coffs Harbour. The Australian Animal Disease Spread Model (AADIS) is Australia’s official decision support tool for emergency animal diseases. Devastating diseases such as foot-and-mouth disease and African swine fever have the potential to bounce back and forth between livestock and feral populations. Outcomes from feral pig GPS collaring and camera trap studies are directly used to parameterise AADIS to inform preparedness and response.

So many great presentations on the study and management of pest vertebrates (such as feral pigs, deer, cats, foxes, dogs, cane toads, etc.). Fantastic to meet so many unsung heroes doing work that is critical to Australia’s animal, plant and environmental health.

NSW Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry CEBRA Analytics Local Land Services Invasive Species Council Wildlife Health Australia NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service University of Melbourne James Cook University University of New England (AU) Centre for Invasive Species Solutions Australian Pork Limited National Feral Pig Action Plan

]]> https://aadis.org/nsw-vertebrate-pest-management-symposium-coffs-harbour-21-23-october-2025/feed/ 0 NSW DPI feral ungulate EAD workshop https://aadis.org/nsw-dpi-feral-ungulate-ead-workshop/ https://aadis.org/nsw-dpi-feral-ungulate-ead-workshop/#respond Mon, 04 Dec 2023 04:22:27 +0000 https://aadis.org/?p=733 Thank you to the Vertebrate Pest Research Unit within the Department of Primary Industry, and the National Feral Pig Action Plan for organising a very interesting and useful workshop on the potential role of feral ungulates (such as pigs, deer and cattle) in an outbreak of emergency animal disease (EAD). The workshop was attended by representatives from DAFF, DPI, QDAF, WA DPIRD, AgVic, AHA, MLA, National Feral Pig Action Plan, the University of Melbourne and AusVet. A lot of experience and expertise in the room including highly regarded private consultants Ron Glanville and Johann Schroder. The workshop looked at EAD/feral ungulate incursion scenarios, the potential for modelling to assist with both preparedness and response, and data requirements and limitations. Very relevant to the current AADIS modelling project 23F ‘Assessing the potential role of feral pigs in an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in Australia’.

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