Additional WNV, EEE Cases Reported in Texas Horses
Edited Press Release
July 24, 2015
A south Texas horse tested positive for WNV while the EEE cases were found in the eastern part of the state.
A south Texas horse tested positive for WNV while the EEE cases were found in the eastern part of the state.
The unvaccinated 5-year-old Quarter Horse gelding from Kennewick is recovering.
There’s still time to take steps to protect your horse from these two potentially deadly mosquito-borne diseases.
Vaccinating, eliminating standing water, and stalling horses can reduce the risk of mosquito-borne disease.
Vaccination and good horse and pest management can help protect horses from WNV during peak mosquito season.
Learn how vaccination can help protect horses from this potentially deadly zoonotic disease.
Following floods, Texas animal health officials say mosquito-borne disease incidence could increase.
Timely vaccination has been shown to decrease disease incidence drastically.
Owners are encouraged to vaccinate their horses prior to the onset of peak mosquito season.
Learn about this uncommon, but often deadly, virus and its impact on infected horses in Australia.
Horses require two doses of the West Nile vaccine initially, and then boosters at least annually.
Design vaccination protocols to maximize each horse’s innate and adaptive responses to disease challenges.
Early recognition of emerging and re-emerging diseases is of paramount importance if their impact is to be minimized.
Diseases diagnosed include herpesvirus, tetanus, strangles, piroplasmosis, West Nile virus, and more.
Horses require two doses of the vaccinations initially and then boosters at least annually.
Diagnosed diseases include strangles, influenza, vesicular stomatitis, hendra virus, salmonellosis, and more.
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