Glanville warns on EI cost

BRISBANE - Equine Influenza (EI) is progressively being brought under control, but the Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries (DPI andF) is reminding people there are still important measures which must be taken to ensure this disease is eradicated.

Ron Glanville, Chief Veterinary Officer of DPIand F, recommended anyone who entered or left a property which had a horse on it should decontaminate whether EI was present or not - this slight inconvenience could prove to be the make or break in the fight to control EI.

"If we don't all pull together and stop EI now - if EI becomes endemic in Australia - horses will need annual vaccinations which have been estimated to cost approximately $300 per horse each year," Dr Glanville said.

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