EI Numbers? Registration of recovered horses?

Does anyone know what are the current numbers of horses who have, or are recovering from, EI? Also what are the horse populations in NSW and Queensland (and in fact for all of Australia), so we can get an idea of the percentage now affected?

The DPI have a database for registration of horses - perhaps it would be an idea for them to set up another one for people whose horses are or have been sick, to register their horses' name/s (registered names, breed/reg numbers, if applicable), and the date they notified of EI. Also address of owner, etc (accessible by officials but not general public).

This would of course rely on honesty, but people have generally been pretty good during the crisis. DPI have records of date of infection of properties and numbers of horses already, but nothing to say which horses they actually were.

Such a database would then become a record for date of infection and date of end of quarantine period for those horses which have had EI and were not vaccinated, and assist when shows etc are resumed.

Maybe the database could generate a confirmation page that could then become a "passport" for shows, Pony Club etc within the Purple/Red zones once horses are better?

Just a thought...
Kerry Morgan
Ourimbah