A Fine Merry Christmas from the DPI
Christmas Eve, the Qld DPI mailed out the first Bio-Security update in weeks and released the Protocols for the Pleasure and Performance Industry to begin getting back to business!
http://www.dpi.qld.gov.au/cps/rde/xchg/dpi/hs.xsl/27_7169_ENA_HTML.htm
Staging events in the Green Zone, full of recommendations, masses of paperwork for organising committees and then in the fine print at the very bottom..... The Mandatory Contingency Plan
"In the event of an outbreak of EI at the event, the venue must have the facilities and resources to secure the site for a period of at least 30 days after the last confirmed case. This is to meet the AUSVETPLAN guidelines to release an IP from 30 days after the last clinical symptoms of EI. "
There goes any chance of events in the Green Zone, I don't know one venue, or organisation that could meet that requirement!!
Staging events in the Amber Zone, a whole lot more recommendations that ARE mandatory, including the Contingency Plan, and a small glitch of
"Nominations can be taken provided competitors agree to the above criteria. In nominating, competitors should include the horse’s microchip number, vaccination and/or immune status, and the Lot on Plan or Property Identification Code (PIC) of the property of origin."
Cute!!! Given that only TB's, buffer zone and the hand full of elite have actually been vaccinated in the Amber Zone and the rest cannot get access to vaccine!!
Who in their right mind would attend an event if they were not vaccinated anyway, in any zone?
Event organisers in EI Free states like Victoria and SA are still cancelling events for the same FEAR, yet the DPI in Qld think they have assisted our industry in getting back on its feet by painting the map different colours and then imposing the same fear factors that will see many clubs shut their doors.
These protocols apply to ANY HORSE GATHERING, so don't for a minute think just because you only attend small local club days that they don't affect you or your club.
Cindy M
SE Qld
http://www.dpi.qld.gov.au/cps/rde/xchg/dpi/hs.xsl/27_7169_ENA_HTML.htm
Staging events in the Green Zone, full of recommendations, masses of paperwork for organising committees and then in the fine print at the very bottom..... The Mandatory Contingency Plan
"In the event of an outbreak of EI at the event, the venue must have the facilities and resources to secure the site for a period of at least 30 days after the last confirmed case. This is to meet the AUSVETPLAN guidelines to release an IP from 30 days after the last clinical symptoms of EI. "
There goes any chance of events in the Green Zone, I don't know one venue, or organisation that could meet that requirement!!
Staging events in the Amber Zone, a whole lot more recommendations that ARE mandatory, including the Contingency Plan, and a small glitch of
"Nominations can be taken provided competitors agree to the above criteria. In nominating, competitors should include the horse’s microchip number, vaccination and/or immune status, and the Lot on Plan or Property Identification Code (PIC) of the property of origin."
Cute!!! Given that only TB's, buffer zone and the hand full of elite have actually been vaccinated in the Amber Zone and the rest cannot get access to vaccine!!
Who in their right mind would attend an event if they were not vaccinated anyway, in any zone?
Event organisers in EI Free states like Victoria and SA are still cancelling events for the same FEAR, yet the DPI in Qld think they have assisted our industry in getting back on its feet by painting the map different colours and then imposing the same fear factors that will see many clubs shut their doors.
These protocols apply to ANY HORSE GATHERING, so don't for a minute think just because you only attend small local club days that they don't affect you or your club.
Cindy M
SE Qld
posted by Horse Deals at
10:31 am
2 Comments:
really everyone whats all the fuss, surely by now its obvious.
only racehorses are in danger of EI.
whatever the plebs are comming down with cant be EI?
read the press releases, its only the TB industry that was brought to its knees!
you, me, we, are imagining things
Hi Cindy
Sorry to hear how tough it is going to be to run an event out there in the Amber/Green Zone. I would be fearful of a lockdown and probably stay home. For once it looks like the Red zone is the place to be. If we have an outbreak at an eventand you live in the red zone you will be allowed to go home for quarantine.
This will give a little more confidence for people who are getting ready to get out and about.
Leslee
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