Horse flu border restrictions eased

Horses stranded interstate because of equine flu quarantine measures will now be allowed into Victoria, under strict conditions.

The offer applies to those horses in disease-free "green zones" in New South Wales and Queensland.

The horses will have to be tested and found EI free before they begin two weeks quarantine in New South Wales and then in Victoria.
Victoria's Chief Veterinary Officer Hugh Millar says unfortunately the protocol comes too late for those horses banned from the Spring Racing Carnival.

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