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<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=150 BGCOLOR="#660000" TEXT="#F7F7FF" bgproperties="fixed" background="32400960dvldxa.jpg"> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=200 BGCOLOR="#660033" TEXT="#F7F7FF" background="326a09e3.jpg"> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Queensland Horse Council Inc">Home</A></div> <div> <A HREF="mission.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Our Mission">Our Mission</A></div> <div> <A HREF="equinews.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="NEWSLETTERS eQuiNEWS">NEWSLETTERS - eQuiNEWS</A></div> <div> <A HREF="genreports.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="General Reports For Members">General Reports For Members</A></div> <div> <A HREF="news.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="News">News</A></div> <div> <A HREF="notices.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Notices">Notices</A></div> <div> <A HREF="comingevents.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Coming Events">Coming Events</A></div> <div> <A HREF="membership.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Membership">Membership</A></div> <div> <A HREF="links.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Links">Links</A></div> <div> <A HREF="gallery.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Photo Gallery">Photo Gallery</A></div> <div> <A HREF="contact.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Board Of Directors">Board Of Directors</A></div> <div> <A HREF="eadrahorselevies.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="EADRA Horse Levies">EADRA & Horse Levies</A></div> <div> <A HREF="hendravirus.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Hendra Virus">Hendra Virus</A></div> <div> <A HREF="eiinfo.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="E.I. INFORMATION">E.I. INFORMATION</A></div> <div> <A HREF="ahic.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Australian Horse Industry Council">Australian Horse Industry Council</A></div> <div> <A HREF="foresttrails.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Forest Trails Access">Forest Trails Access</A></div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=330 width="100%" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="695" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="VOID" RULES="NONE" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#FFFFCC HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="691"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="691" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#FFFFCC HEIGHT= 32 WIDTH="691"><div> <B><U>NEWS</U></B></div> <div> <B>Queensland Horse Council Inc</B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#FFFFCC HEIGHT= 681 WIDTH="691"><bR> <div> <B>Queensland Government</B></div> <div> Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries (DPI&F) </div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="273c8270.jpg" border=0 width="200" height="39" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Media release </B></div> <div> <B>Wednesday 9 July 2008 </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>DPI&F working with industry to manage Hendra Virus response </B></div> <bR> <div> Biosecurity Queensland continued with tests on samples from 37 horses at a Brisbane area vet practice today while working with Queensland Health and various horse industry groups to ensure that the risks involved with Hendra Virus are widely known. </div> <bR> <div> Dr Ron Glanville, Biosecurity Queensland's Chief Veterinary Officer said Hendra Virus was quite different from equine influenza and should not be confused with EI.</div> <bR> <div> “There is no relationship between the two,” he said.</div> <bR> <div> “I want to reassure Queensland horse owners and horse industries that we are not facing a lockdown situation or movement restrictions.</div> <bR> <div> “There is a quarantine, but it is only at the veterinary clinic where the sick horses were located.”</div> <bR> <div> Dr Glanville said Biosecurity Queensland was alerted by a private veterinarian about the sick horses on Monday.  The symptoms were not consistent with signs previously seen in Hendra Virus cases and the decision to quarantine the property was initially a precautionary measure because of the severity of the illness in the affected horses, rather than suspicion of Hendra Virus.</div> <bR> <div> However, as part of its routine procedures, Biosecurity Queensland tested for a range of diseases including Hendra Virus, which was confirmed as the cause yesterday.   </div> <bR> <div> Hendra Virus can be fatal and must be taken very seriously.</div> <bR> <div> Hendra is a serious but rare virus that occasionally affects horses. This is only the ninth case of Hendra Virus in Queensland since 1994.</div> <bR> <div> Hendra Virus can spread from horses to humans, but that is extremely rare.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Media inquiries</B>:  Amity Sturwohld 3224 8837</div> <bR> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER BGCOLOR=#330033 HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="691"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="691" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>