The five remaining properties involved in the recent Hendra virus incidents at Cawarral and Bowen in central Queensland, Australia, were given the all clear after test results were received Oct. 13.

The results were the final piece of information required to allow all quarantine restrictions to be lifted.

At the peak of the response, 22 properties had movement restrictions in place, including a number of properties that received horses from the infected property at Cawarral before the presence of the virus was known. This included one property in New South Wales.

Biosecurity Queensland Deputy Chief Veterinary Officer Rick Symons, BVSc, MBA, PhD, said the properties were released after 32 days had elapsed since the time of last exposure, and definitive test results were negative for Hendra virus