Oklahoma Quarter Horse Contracts Rabies
Erica Larson
August 22, 2016
The 4-year-old Quarter Horse gelding from Caddo County was not current on vaccinations and died.
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.
The 6-year-old Tennessee Walking Horse mare from Hopewell was euthanized because of the disease.
The 4-year-old Quarter Horse gelding resided in St. Croix County.
A horse in Weld County, Colorado, was diagnosed with West Nile Virus (WNV) on August 5, making it the first confirmed case of WNV in
The mule, located in Burleigh County, had not been vaccinated against the disease.
The unvaccinated 8-year-old stallion from Cayuga County was euthanized on July 27.
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