EI green-zone thoroughbreds to get jabs

Queensland Racing Limited (QRL) will start inoculating thoroughbred horses in the Equine Influenza-free (EI) green zone in December, in a move to further free up horse movement around the state.

QRL's chief operations manager Malcolm Tuttle said around 5,000 horses would be vaccinated against EI, starting with those intending to be moved into south-east Queensland's red zone, which contains horses affected by the virus.

"At the moment we are treating the state as being in two divisions, there is a red zone and a green zone," Mr Tuttle told AAP.

"We need to make sure we can move towards the intermingling of those horse populations."

Racing is due to resume in Queensland on December 1 after the virus shut down the industry on August 25.

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