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Monday, January 28th, 2008

Its been a while but I am back in action and caught up from a crazy two months of vacation time, Equitours 2008 brochure release, Christmas, New Year and checking out a new ride in Australia. What a whirlwind the last eight weeks have been and already, we are about to welcome in the month [...]

Re the Equine Influenza virus outbreak in Australia

Tuesday, September 25th, 2007

Debra from NSW, Australia corrected me on the fact that Australian horses have NOT in fact been vaccinated against influenza in the past as the country was free of the disease.
Debra says:
I quote from a paper ‘Nation Management Group: Equine Influenza Communique 13.9.07′
 
“Equine Influenza is an endemic in virtually all countries with significant equine industries, and [...]

Horse Flu Epidemic in Australia

Wednesday, September 12th, 2007

Perhaps horse dentistry is a “cosmetic” application but what about vaccinations for horses? A necessary evil or something you can bypass?
Australia’s East Coast is in the midst of a flu epidemic. The horse flu is native to Australia and New Zealand and the vaccine was said to be effective until the recent outbreak. All horses in NSW have [...]