This is an excerpt from Equine Disease Quarterly, funded by underwriters at Lloyd’s, London, brokers, and their Kentucky agents.

The International Collating Centre, Newmarket, England, and other sources reported the following disease outbreaks.

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), as of October 30, reported on the Equine Health Monitoring and Surveillance Web site 130 cases of Eastern equine encephalitis (EEE) during 2007, the majority occurring in the southern states of Mississippi (30), Florida (17), Louisiana (38), and Texas (19).

A single case of West Nile virus (WNV) infection was reported from the United Arab Emirates in a non-Thoroughbred horse that recovered. The USDA reported 407 equine cases of WNV during 2007 up to November 6, widely distributed throughout the USA. The highest numbers of WNV cases were in Texas (59), Montana (32), California (28), and Colorado (29). By comparison, 1,086 equine cases were reported in the USA in 2006. As of November 6, the Centers for Disease Control reported 3,265 human cases for 2007, with 92 fatalities