Three More Oklahoma Horses Positive for WNV
Erica Larson
November 9, 2016
Two cases were confirmed in Atoka County and one was reported in Sequoyah County.
Two cases were confirmed in Atoka County and one was reported in Sequoyah County.
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Neither the 10-year-old Belgian from Logan County nor the 2-year-old Saddlebred from Union County were vaccinated.
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The unvaccinated 2-year-old grade gelding was euthanized.
The new cases were identified in horses and ponies from the following counties: Choctaw, Payne, Beckham, and Atoka.
The donkey, which was recently brought to Florida from a Louisiana auction, is recovering.
The 5-month-old filly from Calhoun County is responding to treatment. The dam was vaccinated, but the filly was not.
The unvaccinated Quarter Horse yearling did not survive.
California and Minnesota have confirmed 20 and 19 equine WNV cases, respectively, so far this year.
Reported diseases include African horse sickness, herpesvirus, influenza, strangles, and equine infectious anemia.
Seventeen horses in that state have now tested positive for EEE so far this year.
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Cases were recently reported in Oklahoma, Minnesota, and Washington.
Cases have been confirmed in Larimer, Weld, LaPlata, Adams, Mesa, and Pueblo counties.
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