Equine Influenza Outbreak Australia

[Hollycozza]

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For those interested in exotic disease outbreaks we're currently having an equine influenza outbreak in Australia. Has the potential to be pretty devastating for our racing and other horse industries.

http://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/agriculture/livestock/horse/influenza

 

[theunraveler]

rumor has it that they cant use horse carcass for pracs anymore!! while some were moaning about it, secretly i am quite happy becoz it means i will get 3 days of no long and smelly dissection pracs...i look forward to going home early 😀

 

[Hollycozza]

All our pracs have been cancelled, which is a bit unfortunate for me as I am on my three week horse clinical skills rotation! 😱

They are hoping to contain it but it is spreading like wildfire.

On the plus side at least it is not foot and mouth.........................

 

[Therapist4Chnge]

Wow...that stinks.

-t

 

[Hollycozza]

They're letting us resume our prac classes for now 👍

We have to have special boots and overalls that we leave at the horse unit, and we aren't allowed to go near any other horses.

Good news though!

Hopefully the EI wont make it to the uni horses and we can learn all the skills we need to!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[theunraveler]

they resume dissection of the horse now...which sux coz i was looking forward to going home early 🙁

 

[Hollycozza]

Sydney uni has equine influenza now. I managed to do 2 out of 3 weeks of prac but I feel so bad for the two groups who basically haven't got to do any. All classes with live horses are stopped indefinitely.

 

[theunraveler]

Sydney uni has equine influenza now. I managed to do 2 out of 3 weeks of prac but I feel so bad for the two groups who basically haven't got to do any. All classes with live horses are stopped indefinitely.

it seems like Sydney uni got pwned badly...

they gonna restart the horse prac at my uni soonish and the measures they are adopting, u would think we're going into a lvl 5 biosecurity lab. we have to strip and decontaminate head to toe b4 we start the prac and strip and decontaminate after the prac. special overalls and boots will be used as well

 

[Hollycozza]

yeah its pretty unfortunate at Sydney that the teaching horses and horses in the clinic all got sick, but they're starting prac classes again soon! Everyone will have to shower out after class!!!