The Equine Disease Communication Center (EDCC) reported April 14 that an unvaccined 18-month-old Quarter Horse residing in Polk County, Florida, has tested positive for Eastern equine encephalitis (EEE).

The horse had not been off his home property in the last six months, the EDCC statement said.

“Clinical signs began April 4 and the horse passed on the same day,” the statement read. “The case was confirmed positive on April 14.”

The EDCC said this is the first confirmed case in Polk County and the first positive in Florida since the beginning of the year

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