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The affected filly is reported as recovering from Eastern equine encephalomyelitis.
The affected horse is Horry County’s fourth and South Carolina’s eighth case this year.
No subsequent equine infectious anemia cases have been detected.
The state veterinarian cautions horse owners and citizens to take precautions against potential infection.
Five horses in five counties are affected with the mosquito-borne neurologic disease.
The case marks the state’s second equine case of West Nile virus in 2020. The Stanislaus County horse was unvaccinated.
The filly was euthanized due to the mosquito-borne zoonotic disease.
The unvaccinated horse was subsequently euthanized.
All three were euthanized due to poor quality of life as a result of the neurologic disease.
The Clay County horse was subsequently euthanized.
The Scott County mare is reportedly recovering after being treated for West Nile virus.
The ponies mark case numbers 13 and 14 for Florida in 2020. Both were euthanized.
An unvaccinated mare was euthanized after testing positive for Eastern equine encephalomyelitis. A weanling suspected of having the disease after showing clinical signs was also euthanized.
The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services had confirmed EEE cases in Baker, Holmes, and Jackson counties.
The horses lived at the same Suffolk County farm.
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