Prevention measures worked against horse flu: Chief Vet

The Department of Primary Industries says Victoria remains free of equine flu, on the eve of the Melbourne Cup.

The DPI has spent about four-million dollars on efforts to stop the disease, since the first outbreak was discovered in New South Wales in August.

A ban on moving horses across the Victorian border is still in place, while a vaccination program is underway.

Victoria's chief vet, Doctor Hugh Millar, says he's pleased the measures have worked so far.

"It certainly gives me a lot of pleasure that we've got to this point but having said that I wouldn't want anyone for a moment to think that that's what it was all about," he said.

"And that when the Spring Carnival is over we'll all simply pack up and go home because that's absolutely the last thing we're going to do."

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