Actions taken by a delegate of the secretary with respect to reportable mortality incidents

Actions taken by a delegate of the secretary with respect to reportable mortality incidents
Departure Export Licence Holder Actions taken by a delegate of the Secretary
July 2010 EMS Rural Exports Pty Ltd The department is finalising the investigation into the cause of the mortalities and the investigation report will be placed on the department’s website.
The department placed the following conditions on a subsequent consignment of sheep exported to the Persian Gulf (Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman and the United Arab Emirates) by this exporter in August 2010.
  • The exporter must provide to AQIS a declaration stating that pastoral and station sheep have not been prepared for export for this consignment.
  • The exporter must provide to AQIS an updated load plan and heat stress risk assessment (HSRA) prior to issuance of an export permit.
  • Sheep must be loaded with the following extra space above the ASEL table A4.1.5:
    • Rams – 20%
    • All other classes of sheep – 15%
  • The on board veterinary supplies must include an additional 100 kilograms of oxytetracycline.
  • 6 metric tonnes of chaff must be loaded.
In addition to these conditions, AQIS veterinary officers inspected the sheep twice during the assembly period.

The result for the August consignment was 1 242 mortalities reported out of 69 952 sheep loaded, which equates to a mortality rate of 1.78%.

The department placed the following conditions on a subsequent consignment of sheep exported to the Persian Gulf (Kuwait, Oman and the United Arab Emirates) by this exporter in October 2010.
  • The exporter must provide to AQIS a declaration stating that pastoral and station sheep have not been prepared for export for this consignment.
  • The exporter must provide to AQIS an updated load plan and HSRA prior to issuance of an export permit.
  • Sheep must be loaded with 10% additional space above the ASEL table A4.1.5.
  • No rams are to be loaded.
  • The on board veterinary supplies must include an additional 100 kilograms of oxytetracycline powder.
  • The exporter must load 3 metric tonnes of chaff on the vessel.

In addition to these conditions, AQIS veterinary officers inspected the sheep twice during the assembly period.

The result for the October consignment was 387 mortalities reported out of 35 427 sheep loaded, which equates to a mortality rate of 1.09%.
August 2010 Emanuel Exports Pty Ltd The department is finalising the investigation into the cause of the mortalities and that investigation report will be placed on the department’s website.
The department placed the following conditions on a subsequent consignment of sheep exported to the Persian Gulf (Bahrain and Kuwait) by this exporter in October 2010.
  • Sheep must be loaded with 10% additional space above the ASEL table A4.1.5.
  • The exporter must provide to AQIS an updated load plan and HSRA prior to issuance of an export permit.
The result for the consignment of sheep with these conditions applied was 406 mortalities reported out of 67 920 sheep loaded, which equates to a mortality rate of 0.60%.

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