- To: aussieendurance@aera.asn.au
- Subject: RE: [aussieendurance] Foot and Mouth
- From: Steven.Roberts@aqis.gov.au
- Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2001 09:29:48 +1100
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Nicky & others interested
As often is the case, media reports are rarely accurate! It appears that
they just can't help themselves in the scramble to be the first with the
latest out there & to present it in an "interesting/attention grabbing"
format they always sensationalise material. In this information age
unfortunately we still often rely on popular media for information as we
often do not have a ready option.
Information comes to us several times a day on the FMD situation & we have
no reports of confirmed cases in Dubai or elsewhere close by. The nearest
was an isolated couple of cases in the northern mountains of Iran, where it
occurs now & then, unrelated to the European situation.
The problem for our horses in the UAE may be transiting the UK on the way
back, but hopefully quarantine arrangements can be made to allow passage,
we'll have to wait & see.
Steven Roberts
Senior Veterinary Officer
Meat and Food Services Policy
Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service
GPO Box 858
Canberra ACT 2601
Phone +61 (0)2 6271 6438
Fax +61 (0)2 6271 6522
steven.roberts@aqis.gov.au <mailto:steven.roberts@aqis.gov.au>
visit our web site at www.aqis.gov.au <http://www.aqis.gov.au>
-----Original Message-----
From: Nicky Dunstan [mailto:nickydunstan@optusnet.com.au]
Sent: Thursday, 15 March 2001 8:28
To: aussie endurance list
Subject: Re: [aussieendurance] Foot and Mouth
Hi Alex
The problem is not the horses getting F&M disease and having
to be
destroyed. The problem is that they may not be able to
return to Australia
anytime in the near future or dare I say it, ever, if the
outbreak
continues.
Knowing that the Australian Quarantine service has recently
toughened up
regulations including possibly not allowing visiting English
thoroughbred
stallions to come here, it is a very real prospect.
Nicky
----- Original Message -----
From: Alex Noon <alex.noon@its.csiro.au>
To: aussie endurance list <aussieendurance@aera.asn.au>
Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2001 1:25 AM
Subject: Re: [aussieendurance] Foot and Mouth
> Yes - but the disease is only confined to cloven-footed
animals albeit the
> fact that anyone/thing can actually carry the disease
unwittinngly. So no
> horse would be killed as a result of the disease being
discovered in the
> UAE - well as far as I understand.....
>
> Cheers
> Alex
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <garry@hwy.com.au>
> To: "Nicky Dunstan" <nickydunstan@optusnet.com.au>;
"aussie endurance
list"
> <aussieendurance@aera.asn.au>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2001 11:14 PM
> Subject: Re: [aussieendurance] Foot and Mouth
>
>
> Yep, Terry and Biscuit are most certainly there as are a
few other
> Australian riders and there mounts.
>
> I hope your info is incorrect Nicky, otherwise we could
lose a few good
> Asutralian horses that I am sure the UAE will be happy to
look after.
>
> Cheers
> Garry
>
>
> At 11:32 PM 3/14/01 +1100, Nicky Dunstan wrote:
> >I just heard on the TV news that Dubai has had a
confirmed outbreak of
Foot
> >and Mouth Disease.
> >
> >Did I read somewhere that Terry Wood's Biscuit was over
there at the
> moment?
> >And if so, is he now stuck there for quite some time?
Are there other
> >endurance horses currently over there that are meant to
go home but will
> now
> >be stuck there?
> >
> >If anyone knows what's happening, I am sure others would
also be
interested
> >to know.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >Nicky
> >
> >
> >
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> Regards
> Garry
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