MANY will recall the doomsday scenario in early February 2019 when, for a grim few days, a clade (a group of organisms composed of a common ancestor and its lineal descendants) of equine influenza (EI) reared its head in several racing yards and threatened to stop all horse sport in its tracks.
Fortunately, a swift, proactive response meant the outbreaks were contained. But since then, with case numbers ebbing and flowing, last autumns vaccine supply shortage and advisories and rules on vaccinating being tightened, relaxed and tightened again, EI has never been far from the headlines.
Despite the attention it has received, there is still a degree of uncertainty and confusion among horse owners when it comes to
