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Saturday 22 September 2007

NSW, Qld to receive EI vaccine next week.

Racehorses and Olympic equestrian contenders in NSW and Queensland will be the priority when a vaccine against equine influenza (EI) arrives in Australia next week.

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NSW EI crisis worsens.

The 2008 Sydney autumn carnival is now in serious danger following confirmation equine influenza (EI) has spread to the Warwick Farm training centre.

Rosehill, which is home to around 300 horses, is now the only EI-free precinct in the metropolitan area after Randwick was shut down last month.

Almost 700 horses are trained at Randwick and about 500 at Warwick Farm where two horses are confirmed with the highly-contagious virus.

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McGauran defends horse flu vaccine delay.
Federal Agriculture minister Peter McGauran has defended the delay in getting a vaccine to combat equine influenza (EI) into Australia.

The highly contagious virus was confirmed at Sydney's Warwick Farm training centre, a month after it hit Centennial Park before infiltrating nearby Randwick Racecourse.

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