Horse flu spreads in Australia

August 26, 2007

The equine influenza outbreak that has brought Australia's racing industry to a standstill is starting to spread, with hundreds of horses now displaying symptoms of the disease. Government officials confirmed on Sunday that the disease has spread out of Sydney into rural New South Wales and across the state border into Queensland. The government had tried to contain the highly-contagious disease by enforcing an unprecedented nationwide lockdown but their attempts appear to have failed.