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News: Veterinary clinic has handled Hendra well
Posted by: JimEdwards on Jul 10, 2008 - 04:03 PM
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The Australian Veterinary Association (AVA) applauds the actions of the veterinary hospital at the centre of an outbreak of the Hendra virus in Brisbane.
Four horses have now been confirmed with Hendra infection by the Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries (DPI&F), and the vets at the clinic are working closely with Biosecurity Queensland to determine how the outbreak occurred.
“The clinic has been following all appropriate precautions from the outset and even placed itself into voluntary quarantine after they notified DPI&F that they suspected an unusual disease outbreak,” said Dr James Gilkerson, President of Equine Veterinarians Australia, a special interest group of the AVA.
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