Design Report for Napier Port and Ahuriri Inner Harbour

BiosecurityNew Zealand TechnicalPaperNo: 20212/10

The TA was carried out by the Ministry for Primary Industries to determine if LSDV is a risk in meat and meat products derived from cattle and buffaloes for human and animal consumption (except the importation of meat and bone meal for feeding to livestock).

The likelihood of entry of LSDV via meat and meat products derived from skeletal muscle devoid of lymph nodes (LNs) or other tissues (blood, offal, tendons and bone) is assessed to be negligible.
The likelihood of entry of LSDV via meat and meat products derived from skeletal muscle contaminated with parts of LNs and other tissues (blood, offal, tendons and bone), and via bone of infected cattle is assessed as very low.
The likelihood of entry of LSDV via meat and meat products derived from offal of infected cattle is assessed as medium.
Based on the available scientific literature on transmission of LSDV and the requirements of the New Zealand Biosecurity (Ruminant Protein) Regulations 1999, in the event of entry of contaminated skeletal muscle, offal or bone into New Zealand, the exposure of cattle and buffaloes to LSDV via these commodities that are intended for human and animal consumption is assessed as negligible.
Risk management measures are not justified for LSDV when cattle and buffalo meat and meat products intended for human and animal consumption are imported into New Zealand.

Keywords – Lumpy skin disease virus, lumpy skin disease, LSD, LSDV, meat, meat products, human consumption, animal consumption, pet food, cattle, buffalo

Management Plan Order
https://www.legislation.govt.nz/regulation/public/2022/0038/latest/LMS643562.html?src=qs

Levy Order
https://www.legislation.govt.nz/regulation/public/2022/0039/latest/LMS643223.html?src=qs

This is one of several Mycoplasma bovis Science Programme research projects to support the eradication of the cattle disease M. bovis, reduce the impact of the disease, and leave New Zealand’s biosecurity system stronger.

The Alternative Data Sources project used stock truck movement to provide an additional source of cattle movement information to supplement NAIT (National Animal Identification and Tracing scheme) data. It provides additional information about regional, seasonal and production cattle movement patterns and will contribute to understanding animal movement patterns. This study was carried out by Onside.

Keywords: M. bovis research project, NAIT

This literature review synthesizes the current state of knowledge of marine non-indigenous species treatments, to help address biosecurity risks evident in two focal areas of relevance to marine biosecurity management in New Zealand. These two areas are:
1. the proactive treatment of shellfish aquaculture stock to facilitate biosecure stock transfers; and,
2. the reactive treatment of non-indigenous marine species to enable eradication at the landscape-scale.
The review summarises ~280 published papers in the global literature, outlining a number of chemical, physical and biological treatment options that have been tested to varying degrees. Each identified treatment type was assessed for several attributes in the review, including application regimes, efficacy, safety, the ability to monitor during deployment, biosecurity risks, and the regulatory environment that may influence acceptance and use in New Zealand. A number of these treatments are believed to be effective at small scales. Scaling-up one, or a combination of these identified treatments is likely the most efficient development route. Co-development and collaboration with the aquaculture, marine construction and commercial diving industries is likely to be critical to developing safe, effective and efficient implementation-ready treatment protocols..