Hendra virus spillover risk in horses: heightened vigilance and precautions being urged this winter

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Peel, Alison
Eby, Peggy
Kessler, Maureen
Lunn, Tamika
Breed, Andrew
Plowright, Raina
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On Friday 26 May 2017, Biosecurity Queensland announced that an unvaccinated horse in the Gold Coast hinterland had been euthanased following a positive detection of Hendra virus.1 This was the first Hendra virus case for the year and serves as a reminder to horse owners, veterinarians and allied workers to protect themselves and their animals. Given similarities between current environmental conditions and those that preceded a surge of spillover events in 2011, it may be worthwhile to be especially vigilant this year.

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Australian Veterinary Journal

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95

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7

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© 2017 Australian Veterinary Association. This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Hendra virus spillover risk in horses: heightened vigilance and precautions being urged this winter, Australian Veterinary Journal, Volume95, Issue7, Pages N1-N22, which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1111/avj.197. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving (http://olabout.wiley.com/WileyCDA/Section/id-828039.html)

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Peel, A; Eby, P; Kessler, M; Lunn, T; Breed, A; Plowright, R, Hendra virus spillover risk in horses: heightened vigilance and precautions being urged this winter, Australian Veterinary Journal, 2017, 95 (7), pp. N20-N21