Virginia Confirms Its First EIA Case in Several Years
Edited Press Release
November 2, 2021
The state continues to investigate the source of the deceased horse’s illness.
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The state continues to investigate the source of the deceased horse’s illness.
The mare was not vaccinated against the mosquito-borne disease.
The horses had been involved in chuckwagon racing, and trace-out measures are underway to identify other equids that might have been exposed.
The unvaccinated mare is reported as recovering from the potentially fatal zoonotic disease.
The affected horses reside at a Maricopa County boarding facility.
The Weakley County horse was euthanized due to the severity of his clinical signs.
Neither horse was vaccinated against the potentially deadly disease.
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One horse died, one was euthanized. Both were unvaccinated against Eastern equine encephalomyelitis.
The case marks the state’s first confirmed case of WNV in an equine this year.
The horses are the state’s seventh and eighth equids confirmed with EEE in 2021.
The mare’s vaccination status is unknown.
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