Second New Jersey Horse Tests Positive for EEE
Edited Press Release
September 26, 2017
The 9-year-old Atlantic County mare had not been vaccinated against EEE for two years and is undergoing treatment.
The 9-year-old Atlantic County mare had not been vaccinated against EEE for two years and is undergoing treatment.
Ohio also confirmed a case of EEE in an Ashtabula County horse on Aug. 24.
The Texas Animal Health Commission is encouraging owners to vaccinate horses against WNV and EEE.
In years past, Oklahoma averaged approximately 40 equine cases per year of WNV and another mosquito-borne disease, EEE.
The unvaccinated 5-year-old mare from Cumberland County died Aug. 28.
A horse in nearby Effingham County tested positive for EEE earlier this month.
The unvaccinated yearling Standardbred colt from Wexford County did not survive.
Last month a horse in Brooks County tested positive for EEE, as well.
Vaccines can help protect horses against potentially deadly West Nile virus and Eastern equine encephalomyelitis.
The unvaccinated 9-year-old Quarter Horse mare from Monroe County was euthanized.
A viral disease, EEE affects the central nervous system and is transmitted to horses by infected mosquitoes.
The 16-year-old Paint horse from Cabarrus County died after contracting the virus.
Vaccines have proven to offer horses protection against mosquito-borne diseases, including WNV and EEE.
One of the yearling Quarter Horse fillies died and the other was euthanized.
The affected horse was not vaccinated against EEE.
The affected horse from Dillon County was not known to have been vaccinated and did not survive.
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