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Page 4 JULY 3 2011
thesundaymail.com.au4 NEWS
Safety first: Animal healthworkers at the Mount Alfordproperty yesterday.
COUNTDOWN TO A CRISISJune 20: Vet visits property at Mt Alford, southwest of Brisbane, and euthanases a horse believing it is suffering from colic.
June 25: Vet called to a property at Kerry, 50km south of Brisbane, after a horse being agisted is unsteady on its feet.
June 26: The horse at Kerry is taken home to a Biddaddaba property, 20km away, where it dies.
June 28: Biosecurity Queensland alerted that blood tests showed horse at Biddaddaba had Hendra virus.
June 29: Eight people exposed to the horse have blood tests.
June 30: Horse at a northern NSW property put down and immediately buried after confi rmed with Hendra virus.
July 1: Vet is called to Mt Alford property to see a
second sick horse, which is also euthanased.
July 2: Biosecurity Queensland alerted that Mt Alford horses have Hendra virus.
July 2: Seven people connected to the latest case given blood tests.
Brisbane
Gold Coast
Three horses at southeast Queensland properties confirmed dead from Hendra virus
Biddaddaba
KerryMt Alford
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