South Carolina Reports Two New Equine EEE Cases
Erica Larson
July 28, 2016
Neither horse had been vaccinated according to label instructions and neither survived.
Neither horse had been vaccinated according to label instructions and neither survived.
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The affected horse–a mare from Chesapeake with an unknown vaccination history–died a day after contracting EEE.
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