Permanent vaccine strategy agreement: ARB

SYDNEY - Australian racing and breeding industry leaders have agreed on a permanent national vaccination strategy for thoroughbred horses, Australian Racing Board (ARB) chief executive Andrew Harding said today.

He said the National Management Group had approved a national strategy to vaccinate all horses for equine influenza (EI).

An estimated 108,000 thoroughbreds comprise just 16 per cent of the total horse population of 672,000 in Australia but Harding said evidence from England suggested that vaccination of thoroughbreds was effective.

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