Qld: Vet critical, three stud workers worried

AAP General News (Australia)
08-23-2009
Qld: Vet critical, three stud workers worried

Three Queensland stud workers remain under observation in a Brisbane hospital .. waiting
for the results of blood tests to see whether or not they have Hendra virus.

24-year-old ANGELA WEBBER .. 46-year-old stud manager DEBBIE BROWN and 49-year-old
ADRIAN DANIELS have been suffering chronic headaches since they left Rockhampton hospital
on Monday.

Rockhampton vet ALISTER RODGERS remains in a critical condition in the same hospital
after being confirmed with the virus.

All four came into contact with one of the horses which died on the stud at Cawarral
near Rockhampton.

Four horses have been confirmed with Hendra virus at the stud .. and the latest ..

a two year old filly .. is to be put down this week.

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KEYWORD: HENDRA (BRISBANE)

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