EEE Claims Another Florida Equine
Edited Press Release
September 19, 2020
The deceased 8-year-old pony was unvaccinated.
The deceased 8-year-old pony was unvaccinated.
The state’s agriculture commissioner stresses the importance of owners vaccinating their horses.
Officials recommend vaccinating livestock after detecting Eastern equine encephalomyelitis in Atlantic County mosquitoes.
All of the horses lacked proper vaccination against the Eastern equine encephalomyelitis.
All three affected horses have been euthanized.
The affected horse is reported as recovering.
Seven of the state’s 11 equine West Nile virus cases in 2020 have occurred in unvaccinated horses.
Health departments in multiple Virginia and Maryland counties are tracing humans and horses that were potentially exposed.
The state’s tally of equines confirmed with EEE now numbers 18.
The case is the state’s eighth equine West Nile virus case for 2020.
The Glenn County filly marks the state’s seventh confirmed equine WNV case.
Clinical signs and serology results are consistent for both diagnoses.
One is recovering, one was euthanized.
All five horses have succumbed to the illness, which can also affect humans.
The case marks Florida’s seventh case for 2020. The undervaccinated gelding is reported as recovering.
The case marks Riverside County’s second confirmed equine with West Nile virus.
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