Livestock Health and Identification Entry Requirements for Victoria
All livestock - Diseased (ie those infected with or suspected to be infected with a Notifiable disease) or Quarantined livestock are not permitted to enter Victoria unless with a licence issued from Manager Animal Standards, DPI Bendigo. There are however exemptions for sheep with ovine Johne’s disease (see below).
Livestock means any non-human animal, and any fish or bird, whether wild or domesticated, egg intended for hatching or bee. Note however importation of wildlife into Victoria is administered by the Department of Sustainability and Environment, for which there are separate requirements.
Where a domesticated species is not listed below, there are no specific identification or other health requirements for entry into Victoria.
Properties running certain livestock species in Victoria are required to apply for and have a Property Identification Code. Those species are cattle, sheep, goats, pigs, camelids (as in alpacas or llamas), deer, horses or more than 100 poultry or 10 emus or ostriches. The term poultry in this instance refers to domesticated fowl, chickens, ducks, geese, turkey, guinea fowl, pigeons, quail or pheasants.
Application and licence to introduce diseased livestock into Victoria to an approved property
Application and licence to introduce diseased livestock into Victoria for immediate slaughter
