Australian Animal Welfare Standards and Guidelines - Exhibited Animals RATITE-S5.1-12.1: Ratite S5.1-12.1 Quarantine, the cap on emus, capture supervision and myopathy procedures, and identification of chicks

New ratites are quarantined for at least 30 days unless a veterinarian advises otherwise; no more than 20 emus are displayed or kept for display at any time without a written exemption from the authority; a proficient keeper attends and oversees whenever adult ratites are captured, restrained or herded, under written procedures that address capture myopathy; and ratites under three months are exempt from individual permanent identification.