Presented at the Horse SA ' SA Horse Industry Networking Lunch' 23 August 2016 Biosecurity SA http://www.pir.sa.gov.au/biosecurity Horse SA http://www.horsesa.asn.au

1. Here I am
R Paskin
Chief Veterinary Officer, PIRSA
SA Horse Industry Leaders 23/08/2016

2. Background
Born at a very early age in Durban, South Africa
•BVSc 1980 (Pretoria)
•MSc 1995 (London)
Private Practice (RSA)
State Practice (Namibia)
Principal Epidemiologist (Namibia)
FAO (International)
National traceability system (Namibia)
International standard setting (OIE)
Principal Epidemiologist (Victoria)
Chief Veterinary Officer (Victoria & South Australia)

3. What I’ve done
• Small and large animal clinical and surgical
• Involvement in disease investigations, practical
surveillance, control measures, large-scale
vaccinations
• Design of surveillance and response systems
• Response and control for FMD, RVF, ASF,
Bluetongue, EI, AI, Anthrax in numerous countries
• Design of legal, policy and strategy frameworks for
animal health at national international level
• Member of national Animal Health Executive
Chair of Animal Health Committee next year

4. Current developments
Roll-out of One Biosecurity program
•Biosecurity assurance program – on-farm health
– Scoring system for disease and biosecurity risk online
– “Declare before you sell” (replaces cumbersome paper system)
•Project planning
•Web portal design and implementation
•Comms
•Auditing
•Cattle/sheep/goats initially

5. PICs are important
Knowing which species of animals are where is
crucial:
•In bushfires we can rapidly trace ‘at risk’ owners and text/call them
•In disease outbreaks we know how much vaccine to purchase and
where to apply it; we know where to do surveillance