EI has now spread to Haigslea
EI has now spread to Haigslea (10km East of Minden) Qld
Still no updates on the QLD DPI site of these affected towns
In one case, a property was suspected with horses that had EI, DPI went onsite took samples & it wasn’t until 5 days later that the tests came back positive & the property was then under quarantine. What is wrong though is in-between the time the case was suspected & confirmed this property was allowed & did run as usual with no quarantine measures in place.
After another property phoned local DPI and reported that they believe their horses have EI and are in a restricted zone, besides the person who they spoke to on that day who was basically just reading off a checklist they have not heard from the DPI or had a DPI representative come on-site.
When calling the local DPI office to confirm if an outbreak of EI is in your area, you would think a simple yes or no answer would occur but no, people are being told that due to privacy laws they can not disclose this info & if you want to know, best to drive past the property & see if there is a sign on the gate.
Still no updates on the QLD DPI site of these affected towns
In one case, a property was suspected with horses that had EI, DPI went onsite took samples & it wasn’t until 5 days later that the tests came back positive & the property was then under quarantine. What is wrong though is in-between the time the case was suspected & confirmed this property was allowed & did run as usual with no quarantine measures in place.
After another property phoned local DPI and reported that they believe their horses have EI and are in a restricted zone, besides the person who they spoke to on that day who was basically just reading off a checklist they have not heard from the DPI or had a DPI representative come on-site.
When calling the local DPI office to confirm if an outbreak of EI is in your area, you would think a simple yes or no answer would occur but no, people are being told that due to privacy laws they can not disclose this info & if you want to know, best to drive past the property & see if there is a sign on the gate.
posted by Horse Deals at
5:22 pm
1 Comments:
The most useful information we have received (and up to date) is our community liaison vet set up for Brookfield. I'm guessing Haigslea is through the Rosewood area which I think is in the shopping Plaza. We have been able to phone or go in and ask anything with good, straight forward answers. I also know of a friend only just quarantined (maybe the same person) having tested ok a couple of weeks ago. Best solution: assume every horse has it, your own included, and put your own "quarantine" procedure in place.
Hopefully by now, their horses will already be over it and they have been careful anyway.
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