What the records say
- When
- 2007
- Kind
- Epidemic
- Coordinates
- 25.00° S, 133.00° E
- Description
- horse disease outbreak in Australia
- Cause
- Equine influenza
Placed at the country: the source names no closer place.
2007 Australian equine influenza outbreak
Horse disease outbreak in Australia
An outbreak of equine influenza (EI) in Australia was confirmed by the Department of Primary Industries on 24 August 2007 in Sydney. Also known as "horse flu" and "A1 influenza", the rapid outbreak was of the Influenza A virus strain of subtype H3N8. While the virus is highly contagious, it rarely kills adult horses but the performance of thoroughbred racing horses can be affected for several weeks.
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