Horse flu eradicated in NSW

The New South Wales Government has officially announced the eradication of equinza influenza in the state.

The Department of Primary Industries has been unable to find any infection since December, despite testing on more than 10,000 properties in the worst affected areas.

The purple zone covering the area around Sydney and the Hunter Valley and the red zone in the Illawarra region have been abolished and replaced with a minimal risk green zone.

All permit and testing requirements for moving horses within the state have been lifted from today, but it is still neccessary for horse owners to fill out a travelling horse statement.

Horse events also much be registered.

More than 47,000 horses on 6,000 properties were infected with the horse flu.