FW: Vaccination?

Peter V'Landys, comments 7/3/08 about the vacccine,he says there could be some horses in outback Qld. or remote NSW, try that there could be contagious horses anywhere considering there was pockets of unvaccinated horses throughout NSW. In some areas if your horse was not TB or HH or EFA registered ( e.g. 3 horses in one paddock 1 EFA registered 2 not registered vaccine for the 2 refused by the DPI) not the only case. now- relief for the racing industry, vaccine available until at least June, (with a vaccine that does not cover this strain of flu or is the government going to allow the TBs to use killed vaccine. Who profits ).

I know people who have waited (and still are) 2 months to vaccinate at their own expense ,vaccine not available, why cant the ....heads in authority see there is more than just TBs in this industry. There is a big majority of the horses industry from PClub to Olympic and all af us in between would gladly vaccinate at own expense given the choice of vaccine. The killed vaccine is widely and most used throughtout the world and is updated for this strain.
Noting that Franz Venhaus states that this vaccine does not cover the current strain of flu virus here,(totally agree), the manufacturer was found in breach of 4.7 of the Code of Practice by NOAH (National Office of Animal Welfare)U.K. 2007.for claiming "immunity...and onset of immunity after single dose... All four items were inconsistent with the SPC, because they amounted to claim that Proteqflu and ProtequfluTe gave immunity after single dose.
Those words were familiar in print through the outbreak of the flu in most items about the vaccinations. Anyway how can this be when its not even updated for this strain. A bit of good PR on the government.The future will be interesting.

Who is responsible for not allowing the killed vaccine to be used (mind you AHA purchased and used killed vaccine in October,) its affordable, effective and preventive,what about the nasal Flu avert spray,1 dose. In America I believe the flu virus has no preference for the hot or cold climate,,while we are supposedly ahead with erradication(and who can say this with 100% sureity) lets be responsible and start the next step -prevent- do not those in power have ears or even know what the word consideration means.

Lets not divide the horse industry into sectors, people like Mr. V'Landys/John Messara and others who do get listened to, speak fairly on behalf of the whole industry and the innocents, the racing industry was not the only one to shut down, a lot of others were in lockdown and are still trying to recover. The future looks bleak at the moment for the average horse owner.

A Quote to remember...Lets face facts:- When profit is the motive, commonsense/science/reason/safety/ethics and decency tend to take flight...
ANON (Name supplied)