Received: Friday, 12 September, 2008, 11:51 AM








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COMPULSORY EQUINE INFLUENZA VACCINATIONS - URGENT 
I had a phone call last night from a friend that works in Animal Health
Australia about the Thoroughbred push for EI vaccinations to be ongoing.

The proposal is that ALL competition horses Australia wide would require
vaccination in order to compete anywhere. The biggest problem with this is that
EI vaccination does not prevent the horse getting the disease, it merely reduces
the symptoms to the point that you may not realise the horse is infected. The
competition horse will attend a show and bring home EI to the non-vaccinated
horses at home. This means that a responsible horse owner will need to not only
vaccinate the competition horses but everything else. The estimated cost is
$100-$200 per horse given every 6 months.

I think we can all guess what would happen to the industry.

We are running out of time to beat the Thoroughbreds on this one. Ian McDonald,
minister for Primary Industries in NSW, has only received 100 letters about this
issue and you can be sure that most will be from the TB racing fraternity. The
TB people are already pushing for reduced quarantine time for their imports
again which is where the problem occurred last time.

People against the idea of compulsory vaccination for competition horses need to
urgently write to Ian McDonald. Petitions are no good, they need individual
letters.

Contact details are:
The Hon. Ian McDonald
Level 33 Governor Macquarie Tower
1 Farrer Place
Sydney NSW 2000
macdonald.office@...

regards,
 
Kathy 
 
 
www.kateecyparkstud.zoomshare.com
 







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