Tough protocols as WA opens EI quarantine check points

The Eucla and Laverton quarantine check points will be enforcing tough entry protocols after the Western Australian Government opened the border to horses from states infected with equine influenza.
The Department of Agriculture has implemented new entry protocols in the wake of the equine influenza outbreak which crippled the New South Wales and Queensland horse industries.
Horses entering the state from those areas will now be required to undergo quarantine and testing both before and after crossing the border.
Department spokesman Ashley Mercy says the risk of EI entering WA is low.
"I doubt that there'll be a lot of horses from those two states wanting to come to Western Australia," he said.
"There'll be some, but already we've had over 300 horses from the non-infected states come into WA over the past three to four months."