Qld beef 'safe' despite rare disease

Written By Unknown on Senin, 26 November 2012 | 17.52

An agriculture lobby group says Qld beef is safe to eat despite the discovery of a rare disease. Source: AAP

IT'S safe to eat Queensland beef despite a rare bovine disease being detected on a property near the state's beef capital, an agriculture lobby group says.

Bovine Johne's Disease (BJD) causes chronic diarrhoea in older cattle, which can lead to emaciation.

The disease cannot be transmitted to humans and has a one per cent mortality rate in cattle.

AgForce announced on Tuesday the disease was detected on a beef property outside Rockhampton and there is some risk of it spreading.

The Queensland government is contacting producers who could be affected.

Queensland's chief vet, Rick Symons, told the ABC the property had been placed under quarantine. Biosecurity Queensland would be contacting about 160 property owners who had purchased cattle from it.

"We will be tracing the animals that went off the property to other properties and we will be contacting the other property owners to let them know what has happened," he said.

Agforce Cattle Board president Howard Smith says the outbreak will not have a big impact on producers.

"The safety of eating beef and associated products will not be impacted," he said in a statement.

"It is important to note BJD is present in most of the countries Australia trades with and should not place the Queensland industry at any commercial disadvantage."


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