Scenic Rim agritourism farmers enforce measures to protect against foot-and-mouth disease
Agritourism operators in south-east Queensland's Scenic Rim region are asking tourists to sign waivers — and some to avoid their properties altogether — due to increased vigilance about the threat of foot-and-mouth disease.
Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) affects pigs, cattle, goats and sheep.
It was detected in Indonesia in May and spread to Bali earlier this month, prompting fears a tourist could carry the disease into Australia on clothing or footwear.
In the worst-case scenario, billions would have to be spent on a national response while scores of painfully diseased cattle, sheep, pigs, and goats could be culled.
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