[Video transcript of small-scale alpaca farmer Lynda Holdsworth.]

[The video opens with a drone view of Lynda’s 20-acre property in the outskirts of Melbourne, followed by a tracking shot of alpacas in the paddock.

The driving solo sound track plays throughout the video.

Blonde-haired Lynda appears on screen walking toward camera with a bucket, she is wearing a watermelon pink t-shirt. We then see her standing in her alpaca barn talking to camera.]

I am Lynda Holdsworth and I am here at Auravale Alpacas boutique alpaca farm in the Dandenong Ranges.

[The lower thirds title appears, reading: Lynda Holdsworth, Small-scale farmer, Auravale Alpacas].

So Auravale Alpacas started about 15 years ago for us. We did move from the city to here and it was a life changing experience for us and we would never go back.

Biosecurity is important to me because it does ensure that you keep your animals healthy and protected from bringing in pests and diseases that you currently don’t have to deal with on your property.

[On screen there is an overhead view alpacas moving toward the barn, Lynda and husband walking together and talking, Lynda reaching into the  alpaca float to load the animals, alpacas in paddock with the back of husband’s head as he looks on; the farm gate with biosecurity signs; alpacas running across the paddock and an overhead view of the sheltering shed and alpaca paddocks.]

So the most detrimental parasite to this property here is the barber’s pole worm, to a lesser extent the brown stomach worm and the black scour worm.

But the Barber’s pole worm is really quite lethal here and causes death if you don’t pick it up quickly.

[Appearing on screen is Lynda filling the back of her golf cart with feed; she then feeds her alpacas by filling the feed trough over the fence, and then we see a white alpaca feeding from a trough on the ground and the alpacas running through the race out of the sheltering shed.]

Auravale makes a difference in biosecurity by ensuring that we follow the Q Alpaca program and the Alpaca CheQa program. That we do quarantine drench animals that come onto the property.

We also check our animals every day. We bring them through the race and weigh and check their eye colour, we do that every couple of weeks.

We’re mindful of feral animals, whether it be the rabbit, the fox and the deer. The deer being the most problematic from a biosecurity point of view.

And we also manage people that come onto our property.

[On the screen we see close up shut the gate sign, Lynda and husband checking a brown alpaca in their shed, a close up of her biosecurity and animal welfare checklist, Lynda checking the eye of her alpaca, and then we see a rabbit on screen, a sole deer walking near the trees, and a foot bath as Lynda washes her boots.]

What matters most to me in particular is the health and happiness of my animals, I really feel that that is an important factor for my alpaca adventure.

[On screen the Lynda looking over fence at alpacas; alpacas running with the lead alpaca carrying feed in their mouth, followed by a close up of a white, brown and black coated baby alpaca.]

Good biosecurity from the beginning will make an easier job for you and a safer biosecurity area for your animals in the future as well.

[The final scenes of the video show a drone view of the property with text on the screen that shows the Agriculture Victoria logo and then is followed by a URL that reads agriculture.vic.gov.au/make-a-difference.

This is followed by an acknowledgement of Country in white text on a black screen that reads: Agriculture Victoria acknowledges the Traditional Owners of Country throughout Victoria and their ongoing connection to the land and water.

The Victorian Government authorisation tag appears on screen, on the black background it reads:

Victoria State Government (logo)

Authorised by Victorian Government, 1 Treasury Place, Melbourne]