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dirtbug

Two more Qld horses contract Hendra

even tho we are in wa.
very very scary and i feel for the owners and horses

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jodles

try being 3/4 hour away

Trojane

Not good. Had just now been reading New Scientist - discussing a possibility of human to human transmission.

Could killer horse virus spread amongst humans? - health - 22 July 2008 - New Scientist

dirtbug

that would be seriously scary jodles esp with how the fruitbat flys around

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Trojane

Jodles - you just have to stop them peeing, pooping, giving birth and having sex overhead. Simple really. Or move west.

smash

how you going jodles?
the DPI need to stop lying
redlands vet = 9 dead horses not 6
the other infected property = 4 dead horses not 2
hope all is well for you jodles.
cheers

smash

ok, i have cut and pasted from various articals, to show you the inconsistancies
Redland vets
It is most likely that the first horse diagnosed on the 26th (of June) was what we call the index case - or the case where it originated - which was at Redlands...but we'll probably never know for sure."

Mr Horan said three horses had died at the Redlands clinic prior to the July 7 outbreak - a mare on June 8, a gelding on June 17 and a stallion on June 24.
They had suffered neurological symptoms like those associated with Hendra, but were not included in the Department of Primary Industries' situation report, he said.
Mr Horan said the mare that died on June 8 came from a property with "thousands of bats in the vicinity", while the other two horses had been successfully treated at the clinic, only to fall ill again on returning home.

"Why has it taken your department up to eight days to test companion horses from which these horses came?" he said.

"For infection control and animal welfare reasons, Biosecurity Queensland will euthanize the latest horse to become infected at Redlands this afternoon, taking the number of horses to die from Hendra virus since July to six.

“The department's chief veterinary officer Dr Ron Glanville told the hearing the Redlands clinic outbreak was thoroughly investigated, including the horses that died in June.

"It's still unclear as to whether those horses were actual cases of Hendra virus, in fact, our current thinking is that they probably were not," Dr Glanville said.

"We can't rule them out completely, but the most likely scenario is the horse that died on the 26th of June was the index case ... the first case."


Proserpine (Cannon Vale) property
A third horse diagnosed with the virus died last week.

"One was put down last night and a post mortem will be conducted, but it could be at least tomorrow before we get any results," Dr Glanville told brisbanetimes.com.au this morning.

It is believed a fourth horse at the same property died recently, which experts suspected may also have been the result of Hendra.

However, a decision was made not to exhume the horse's body for scientific tests.

This takes the latest number of horses known to be infected with the rare virus since July to seven, with two known cases at Proserpine (Cannon Vale) and five at Redlands.


now who else is scared at there calculations?
boy talk about omitting information to suit themselves, the DPI have a lot to answer for there handling and investigation.
DPI = dicks policing idiots
how on earth are those that are close to this situation ever supose to feel safe????

Talkingshell

I too am about 3/4 hour away from Redlands Veterinary practice.

I am trying to bury my head in the ground....don't want to know what's going on!

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dirtbug

typical politics as me dad would say...

very very sad people need to know the truth

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Trojane

Dirtbug said: "Never ascribe to malice, that which can be explained by incompetence." (Napoleon Bonaparte)

In other words - commonplace slackness, bumbling and idiocy may explain the situation as well as any conspiracy theory.