Horse owners face hefty flu bill

Horse owners could be hit with a bill for horse flu of $100 per animal.
The Federal Government this week announced the industry would have to start paying for the cost of the outbreak.
The Equestrian Federation of Australia is hoping to have equine influenza re-categorised as a more serious disease, so that industry isn't liable to pay as much in cost recovery.
EFA chief executive Franz Venhaus hopes the current inquiry into how the outbreak was managed will clear the industry of any blame.
"If that inquiry finds that the Federal Government failed to take adequate measures to protect the horse population from an outbreak, then it would really be inappropriate and inequitable for the industry itself to bear the cost", he says.
"It should be borne by the Federal Government".