Queensland residents' backyard observations could be the key to keeping a biosecurity disaster such as bird flu, varroa mite or fire ants at bay.
She isn't a commercial breeder or a farmer, but her flock at her home in Stanthorpe in southern Queensland consists of about 100 birds."There are some breeders who have been doing this for years and years, I don't know how they'd handle having to lose all their flock," she said.Ms Johns said an outbreak would destroy genetic diversity that had taken decades of hard work to achieve.
"That pretty much means that across Queensland we've got millions of biosecurity officers-slash-detectives."At her property, she tags her birds to keep records of them and their familial lines.All reports welcomed "In the fire ant program some of our key detections have been from really observant members of the public," she said."We have multiple examples of false reports, which is awesome as people are engaging," she said.
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