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Mosquito Control Measures

West Nile virus (WNV) is spreading. Horse owners are asking, What can I do to protect my horses? Thegood news is that a vaccine for horses has been developed and approved by the USDA. Experts say the WNV vaccine should work like other”P>West Nile virus (WNV) is spreading. Horse owners are asking, What can I do to protect my horses? Thegood news is that a vaccine for horses has been developed and approved”>West Nile virus (WNV) is spreading. Horse owners are asking, What can I do to protect my horses? Thegood ne”West Nile virus (WNV) is spreading. Horse owner

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First Kentucky Horse With WNV Recovering

The first horse confirmed to have West Nile virus (WNV) in Kentucky is a 3-year-old Quarter Horse filly which was bred and raised in Bourbon County, Kentucky. Bourbon County is northeast of Lexington, and Paris is one of the largest cities in th

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West Nile Virus In Kentucky Horse

The Kentucky Department of Agriculture (KDA) reported today that Kentucky’s first case of West Nile virus (WNV) has been identified in the state. A horse was tested positive in Bourbon County, which is in the Bluegrass region of Central Kentucky

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West Nile Virus Found in Alabama

West Nile virus (WNV) has officially made it to Alabama. Jefferson County health officials reported on Monday that the virus was confirmed in two dead birds. There have been no human or horse cases confirmed in the state.

The

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Suspected Equine Case of West Nile Virus in Connecticut

The State of Connecticut Mosquito Management Program announced Aug. 24 that a horse in West Granby has exhibited clinical signs consistent with West Nile virus (WNV) infection and preliminary laboratory results indicate a recent exposure to the

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West Nile Virus Positive Numbers Climb in Canada

According to Health Canada, the number of West Nile virus-positive birds from Canada has been climbing since initial confirmation on Aug. 23 in a crow found Aug. 8 near Windsor in Ontario.

This crow was the first of the 1391 birds teste

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Arkansas Has New EIA Law

The Arkansas 2001 General Assembly recently passed Act 540, which defines and sets standards for an equine infectious anemia (EIA) research facility and requires a Certified EIA Verifier to be present to check Coggins

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West Nile Virus Continues to Spread

Preliminary tests suggest that West Nile virus might be living in Canada. The virus that first appeared in the Western Hemisphere in 1999 was detected recently in a bird in Louisiana and in humans in Georgia and New York. Georgia also

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Is No News, Good News?

While there haven’t been any headlines about the various syndromes that affected a large section of the eastern and mid-western United States this spring, that doesn’t mean that researchers or practitioners aren’t hard at work.

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Florida’s Third Human Case of West Nile Virus Reported

The Florida Department of Health announced Monday that a third human case of encephalitis caused by the West Nile virus (WNV) has been diagnosed. The case is a 40-year-old man from Jefferson County. There have been two other confirmed human case

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Equine West Nile Virus Case in Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania’s Health Secretary Robert S. Zimmerman Jr. announced Aug. 15 that West Nile virus had been confirmed in a horse at Philadelphia Park in Bensalem, Bucks County.

According to a United States Department of Agriculture Emergenc

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Detoxifying Cyanide

According to Dr. Terry Fitzgerald, the Eastern tent caterpillar does a very good job of detoxifying the cyanide it ingests when eating the leaves of black cherry trees. Fitzgerald, a distinguished university professor of biological sciences at

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Removal of Fencerow Black Cherry Trees

A publication recently developed by the University of Kentucky’s Jeff Stringer, Department of Forestry, and J. D. Green, Department of agronomy, outlines the proper way to eradicate black cherry trees from your property. These trees are known to

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UK Gluck Center Looking to Fill Position

The University of Kentucky’s Maxwell H. Gluck Equine Research Center is searching for a scientist to fill a post-doctoral position. The candidate must have experience in molecular biology, and will perform research on the genetic basis of diseases

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West Nile Virus Found in Central Indiana

A crow found in southeastern Marion County is the first positive indicator that West Nile virus (WNV) has officially arrived in Indiana.

State health officials say that although this is the first time WNV, which is transmitted by

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