The male kelpie, a family pet, lives on a property at Mount Alford in Queensland's southeast where three horses have died of the virus.
Premier Anna Bligh has described the development as very worrying.
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She's convened an urgent meeting of the Hendra taskforce to review the ongoing outbreak that's claimed 14 horses in Queensland and NSW - and any increase in risk to humans.
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