Govt buys 500,000 more EI vaccines

Australia has bought a further 500,000 doses of horse flu vaccine, bringing the total number to 750,000.

Federal Agriculture Minister Peter McGauran said the extra doses meant a total of 300,000 horses could be vaccinated against equine influenza by the end of the year.

"The majority of the vaccines will be used in NSW and Queensland, which remain the only states with confirmed cases of EI," he said.

"We are now in a position to move to the vaccination of competition and show horses, to get the industry back on its feet as soon as possible."

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