How to Protect Your Horse from West Nile Virus Infection
Edited Press Release
August 26, 2016
Late summer is peak transmission season for West Nile, and equine case numbers are rising in many regions.
Late summer is peak transmission season for West Nile, and equine case numbers are rising in many regions.
Preventing disease is less expensive than treating it, so officials are encouraging horse owners to be proactive.
Both cases were confirmed in unvaccinated horses from Uintah County.
There has been one confirmed equine WNV case in the state so far this year.
This is New Jersey’s first case of 2016. Two new cases bring South Carolina’s total to 14 for the year.
The 4-year-old Quarter Horse gelding from Caddo County was not current on vaccinations and died.
California has confirmed eight and Minnesota has reported seven WNV cases in horses thus far in 2016.
The two unvaccinated horses from Boundary County died as a result of the disease.
Both horses were from Suffolk and were euthanized. Neither had up-to-date vaccinations.
A horse in Churchill County and another in Clark County have tested positive for West Nile virus.
The 9-year-old Quarter Horse mare from Muskogee County was euthanized. Her vaccination history is unknown.
Of the 832 respondents, 713 (86%) said their horses are up-to-date on their West Nile virus vaccines.
The laboratory also confirmed one case of Eastern equine encephalitis in a horse residing in Orange County.
So far in 2016, five Louisiana horses have died as a result of Eastern equine encephalitis.
State health officials found no additional exposed horses had been infected with equine infectious anemia.
The 6-year-old Tennessee Walking Horse mare from Hopewell was euthanized because of the disease.
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