Vets needed for EI inoculations

Posted 1 hour 5 minutes ago

The Thoroughbred Racing Council is finding it difficult to secure veterinarians to vaccinate Tasmania's race horses against equine influenza.

The council has secured enough vaccines to inoculate 1,000 thoroughbreds, but the state's vets are already busy because it is the breeding season.

But Rohan Mitchell from the Thoroughbred Racing Council says they are confident they can begin rolling out the vaccinations next week.

"It's their busiest time of year so their availability is limited," he said.

"What likely is that an expression of interest will be sent around to all vets in Tasmania, they'll be asked to contact us and the DPI and hopefully within the next 24 to 48 hours, we can confine that down to a realistic number."