Vets express 'serious concerns' over industry's capacity to combat foot-and-mouth-disease

"We want to be seeing a lot more action and more solid plans about how they're [the government] going to utilise veterinarians.""We don't have vets on farms looking for these diseases … vets are the experts in animal disease," she said.

Over half of Australia's vets are in private practice and Dr Orr believes a comprehensive plan should be in place to utilise their services if, or when, foot and mouth or lumpy skin disease make it to Australia.

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