Call for regular shots to stop EI
A BRITISH expert has urged racing authorities to allow thoroughbred owners to regularly vaccinate their horses against equine influenza.As an inquiry into Australia's horse flu outbreak begins in Sydney today, Richard Newton, a veterinary epidemiologist with the Animal Health Trust in Newmarket in Britain, said it would be sensible to allow horse owners to "take out their own 'insurance' and vaccinate".
On September 17, a national agreement was reached by federal and state officials to vaccinate horses to help control the outbreak of equine influenza, but it is not part of an ongoing protective strategy.
Dr Newton, who is in Melbourne for the 13th International World Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians Symposium, said vaccination of thoroughbred racehorses became mandatory in 1981 under Britain's Jockey Club Rules of Racing.
Ireland and France have adopted the regulation.
"It's part of owning a racehorse," Dr Newton said, noting that it's not mandatory to vaccinate horses outside the industry.
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I have a horse in Coonamble (Red Zone)and vaccination has commenced in this area but when I inquired I was told that the vaccination is only for race horses. Can someone please explain where the sense is in this. My horse is registered with the DPI and has been since the outbreak but I have not received one email or any form of communciation from them. I find the whole situation extremly frustrating.
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