More than 90pc of NSW 'horse flu free'

Eight regions in New South Wales considered hot spots for equine influenza (EI) have today been given a clean bill of health.

Ninety-one per cent of the state has now been declared free of EI, five months after the first outbreak of the contagious virus.
Primary Industries Minister Ian Macdonald says testing has failed to identify horse flu at Armidale, Narrabri, Gunnedah, Dubbo, Wellington, Parkes, Forbes and Grenfell, and they have now been moved into the white zone.
Horses within the zone will now be allowed to travel freely and across borders provided they have a Travelling Horse Statement.
More testing is being done in the Blue Mountains and in a small area south of the Hawkesbury, near Wollongong, which remain in the red zone.