NSW farmers support EI eradication

Eradicating equine influenza (EI) rather than managing the disease through vaccinations is the way to handle the horse flu outbreak, the NSW Farmers Association (NFA) says.
NFA delegates to a bi-annual executive councillors meeting in Sydney unanimously passed a motion endorsing NSW government moves to eradicate the disease.

The NFA will next seek a meeting with federal Primary Industries Minister Peter McGauran to support the NSW Department Primary Industries' endeavour to eradicate EI rather than let it become endemic.

NFA horse flu councillor and trained veterinarian Peter Carter told the meeting's 60 delegates that a type of horse flu had rampaged through Australia before, from 1842 to 1911.

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