Livestock, crops and horticulture

Understand threats to your property

Learn about livestock pests and diseases and plant pests and diseases that could enter and threaten your property.

Protect your property

• Watch the farm biosecurity planning video
• Use Farm-check in for all visitors
• Have biosecurity signage
• Find out how to protect your property against:
  • animal pests and diseases
  • plant pests and diseases and how to manage weeds on your property
• See Come clean go clean to learn how to clean vehicles, equipment, clothing and footwear.
• Download the Know the biosecurity risks fact sheet to understand how pests, weeds and diseases can enter your property and ways to prevent risk.

Create a biosecurity management plan

Create a biosecurity management plan and update it every 12 months if your operation changes or you experience a disease or pest incursion.

Check your biosecurity entity registration

Check your biosecurity entity registration is up-to-date if you have livestock or bees. Registration allows us to better prepare for and respond to biosecurity emergencies.

Monitor and report

Livestock

Monitor your livestock for signs of animal diseases and report to your veterinarian or the Emergency Animal Disease Watch Hotline on 1800 675 888 immediately. Alternatively, call Biosecurity Queensland on 13 25 23.

Crops and horticulture

Monitor and report any unusual new pest or disease:

• online
• Exotic Plant Pest Hotline on 1800 084 881
• Biosecurity Queensland on 13 25 23

Stay informed

• Visit the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries website.
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