NT rejects horse flu vaccinations

The Northern Territory's racing industry says it can't afford to vaccinate horses against equine influenza.

Vaccinations have been carried out in New South Wales, Victoria and Queensland and the Australian Racing Board plans to make them compulsory in the Territory next month.
But Thoroughbred Racing NT's Des Friedrich says it won't be beneficial.
"There's a feeling between the Northern Territory and Western Australia that because of our isolation, like we are 3000km from our nearest horse population, that the cost on the industry hardly warrants the expense," he says.
"For the Northern Territory, for example, it would be $100,000 just for the vaccinations and for applying them and then there's all the protocols that we have to follow to record the stuff behind it".