Note from the President of WIRHOA

 

The Core Committee for Equine Influenza met in Pune on Sunday 14^th Dec. 08. 

 

The meeting was chaired by Dr. Cyrus Poonawalla and attended by the undersigned. The tentative plan was to start racing by 1^st Feb. 09.  Horses are likely to move to Mumbai by the 1^st week of Jan. 09. Several matters including future protocol, vaccinations of the new batch of 2 year olds etc. were discussed.

 

The following statistics show that horses are well on the way to recovery and

presently over 500 horses have started working.  The situation is progressing well

considering the circumstances.

 

            Date                Fever               Cough with discharge

 

            10/12                  -                                5

            11/12                  -                                4

            13/12                  1                               4

            14/12                  -                                5

 

Detailed minutes will be posted on the blog shortly.

 

 

Geoffrey Nagpal

President