Page 4 JULY 3 2011 thesundaymail.com.au 4 NEWS Safety first: Animal health workers at the Mount Alford property yesterday. COUNTDOWN TO A CRISIS June 20: Vet visits property at Mt Alford, southwest of Brisbane, and euthanases a horse believing it is suffering from colic. June 25: Vet called to a property at Kerry, 50km south of Brisbane, after a horse being agisted is unsteady on its feet. June 26: The horse at Kerry is taken home to a Biddaddaba property, 20km away, where it dies. June 28: Biosecurity Queensland alerted that blood tests showed horse at Biddaddaba had Hendra virus. June 29: Eight people exposed to the horse have blood tests. June 30: Horse at a northern NSW property put down and immediately buried after confirmed with Hendra virus. July 1: Vet is called to Mt Alford property to see a second sick horse, which is also euthanased. July 2: Biosecurity Queensland alerted that Mt Alford horses have Hendra virus. July 2: Seven people connected to the latest case given blood tests. Brisbane Gold Coast Three horses at southeast Queensland properties confirmed dead from Hendra virus Biddaddaba Kerry Mt Alford Anxious disease