Horse restrictions eased in SA

The Department of Primary Industries has eased the restrictions imposed after last year's horse flu outbreak.South Australia's chief veterinary officer Rob Rahaley says from February permits for the movement of horses will go.
"As a result of the declining prevalence of equine influenza in New South Wales and Queensland, we will be moving from a permit system for events to a registration system where events of 10 or more horses will have to register with Primary Industries but there will no longer be a requirement for a permit application," he said.
Dr Rahaley says South Australia is on track for all equine influenza restrictions to be lifted by the end of March.
Thousands of properties across the country were affected at the height of the outbreak and many sectors of the horse industry lost millions of dollars.