Michigan Horse Euthanized Following EEE Onset
Edited Press Release
November 7, 2019
Records dating to 1942 indicate this is the first recorded equine case of EEE from Leelanau County.
Records dating to 1942 indicate this is the first recorded equine case of EEE from Leelanau County.
The disease has affected 27 horses in 13 Michigan counties in 2019.
All other horses on the premises received preventive vaccination after the diagnosis.
A third Ashtabula County horse has succumbed to the mosquito-borne disease.
Allegan joins the list of Michigan counties affected with equine cases.
The status of the Hillsborough County horse is unknown.
These confirmations bring the state’s 2019 total of affected equines to 12.
All five horses, from three widespread counties, were unvaccinated.
The affected horse is Portage County’s second equine EEE case of the year.
Affected horses resided in northeast Florida (Clay and St. Johns counties) and central-west Florida (Citrus County).
This is the state’s fifth equine West Nile virus and 27th EEE case of the year.
Mosquito abatement continues in an effort to stem the potentially fatal diseases in both humans and animals.
The 15th horse in the state has succumbed to the deadly mosquito-borne brain inflammation this year.
The case marks the fourth New London County horse confirmed EEE-positive in September.
Newly confirmed cases include horses in Jackson, Kalamazoo, Montcalm, and Newaygo counties.
The Miniature Donkey is the state’s 10th Eastern equine encephalomyelitis case in 2019.
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