Farmers voice concern over DPI's horse flu handling

The owner of a property near Temora, in southern New South Wales, where equine influenza was found, wants to know why the Department of Primary Industries (DPI) has not been there to investigate its cause.
Eddie Blachut of Gidginbung says it took numerous calls and a personal visit to the department before the horses were tested, and then it was slow to inform the public.

He says the DPI knew the test was positive on Thursday, but did not change the zoning to red until yesterday.

Mr Blachut says he was relying on the department's expertise.
"We're not doctors or veterinarians or anything, we're just old broken down farmers," he said.

"We don't know how to treat this. We do know that there should have been some investigations because where is it now, no-one has come and interviewed us to find out who was on the property when it was in the incubation period."

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