AAP General News (Australia)
08-21-2009
Qld: Horse stud staff flown to Brisbane for observation
BRISBANE, Aug 21 AAP - Two staff members from a central Queensland stud at the centre
of a Hendra virus outbreak are being flown to a Brisbane hospital for observation.
Vet Alister Rodgers, who handled a horse at the J4S equine stud which later died from
Hendra virus, is in a critical condition in Princess Alexandra Hospital after being diagnosed
with the potentially-fatal illness.
A spokeswoman for the hospital said two of the stud's staff members who came into contact
with infected horses at the stud were being flown to Brisbane for observation.
A third staff member is understood not to have taken up the offer.
The three staffers and Dr Rodgers have already undertaken a course of the anti-viral
drug Ribavirin in Rockhampton hospital.
AAP pjo/ldj
KEYWORD: HENDRA STAFF UPDATE
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