AAP General News (Australia)
08-24-2011
QLD:Hendra claims another Qld horse
BRISBANE, Aug 24 AAP - Hendra virus has claimed another horse in southeast Queensland,
rattling horse-lovers in the Gold Coast hinterland.
Authorities on Tuesday announced the state's 11th Hendra case this year on a horse
stud. The horse died later in the day.
Its owner, a vet, and a further 22 horses on the property were being tested for the
bat-borne virus, which usually proves deadly in humans.
Gold Coast vet Michael Higgins told ABC radio the virus had the potential to be devastating
in the hinterland, where many people own horses as pets.
"They have a lot of contact with their horses so you have a high risk for both horses
and people involved with them," he said.
There have been an unusually high number of Hendra cases this year, including the first
known case in a dog, which was put down.
AAP gd/jjs
KEYWORD: HENDRA
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