EEE Confirmed in Three Florida Counties
The Horse Staff
July 22, 2020
The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services had confirmed EEE cases in Baker, Holmes, and Jackson counties.
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The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services had confirmed EEE cases in Baker, Holmes, and Jackson counties.
The horses lived at the same Suffolk County farm.
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A third horse succumbs to the mosquito-borne disease in 2020.
Four premises in two counties remain under quarantine.
Quarantined equine premises in the state now total four.
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Animal health authorities have released the last active premises, located in Maricopa County, from quarantine related to vesicular stomatitis.
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Montgomery County is confirmed as newly infected.
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