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Equine Flu Outbreak
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Originally posted by Middle_Of_March View PostIs it going too far to suggest this could be something that puts the festival at risk of even happening?
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Originally posted by Faugheen_Machine View PostNo. I think it has to be in serious doubt. I suppose it all depends how quickly they can get things under control. The fact that infected horses travelled to two separate racecourses, at two ends of the country, is a massive cause for concern.
Worrying stuff.
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Awful this, just hope they get it in control asap. The vets will be busy over the next few days and hopefully will get any affected horses into quarantine. Apparently when this broke in Oz it took 4 months to sort out so lets hope its nowhere near the scale of that.
Hopefully all horses concerned will be ok and not at risk
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...major concern, but hopefully there are lessons learned from the Australian outbreak and plans in place to immediately manage this.
On the positive side, the cases have quickly come to light but the concern is runners from the same yard carrying the virus for a week or so. I suppose lots depends on whether horses running at the meetings can be isolated and tested, particularly those running in the same races.
Grooms, stall handlers etc can apparently pass the bug on according to Sky News, who also mention Donald McCain’s yard as the probable source.Last edited by Eggs; 7 February 2019, 06:29 AM.
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