California Officials Confirm Sixth WNV Case of 2020
Edited Press Release
September 1, 2020
The case marks Riverside County’s second confirmed equine with West Nile virus.
The case marks Riverside County’s second confirmed equine with West Nile virus.
The affected pony was euthanized.
Craig is the state’s lone county with a VSV-quarantined premises.
The Missouri vesicular stomatitis outbreak began on July 13.
The state’s VSV-infected and suspect premises have dropped to seven.
A second Clare County horse suspected to have the disease also died.
Seven additional Whitman County horses are suspected as positive.
All five horses resided in different counties. Three of the five were unvaccinated, and two had unknown vaccination histories.
The affected horse is from Robeson County.
Both affected horses were humanely euthanized.
Three affected facilities have completed monitoring requirements first enacted in June.
The vaccinated Warmblood mare is recovering from the disease.
The unvaccinated Chippewa County mare was humanely euthanized.
The El Dorado County case isn’t connected to the EHV-4 case confirmed in Imperial County on Aug. 3.
New cases in Lee County bring the state’s WNV total in 2020 to five.
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020 convention will take place online. The education program will include live and on-demand presentations.
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