New Jersey Confirms Its First Equine EEE Case
Edited Press Release
September 18, 2020
Officials recommend vaccinating livestock after detecting Eastern equine encephalomyelitis in Atlantic County mosquitoes.
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Officials recommend vaccinating livestock after detecting Eastern equine encephalomyelitis in Atlantic County mosquitoes.
All of the horses lacked proper vaccination against the Eastern equine encephalomyelitis.
All three affected horses have been euthanized.
The affected horse is reported as recovering.
Kansas and Missouri are the only remaining states with VSV-quarantined premises.
An Oregon-based sports medicine practice offers advice for horse owners dealing with hazardous and unhealthy air quality.
Seven of the state’s 11 equine West Nile virus cases in 2020 have occurred in unvaccinated horses.
Health departments in multiple Virginia and Maryland counties are tracing humans and horses that were potentially exposed.
The state’s tally of equines confirmed with EEE now numbers 18.
The case is the state’s eighth equine West Nile virus case for 2020.
Eleven university research horses are reported as recovering.
The Glenn County filly marks the state’s seventh confirmed equine WNV case.
As Thailand’s horse industry is starting to recover from its AHS outbreak, with thousands of horses vaccinated, the neighboring country of Malaysia is addressing its first cases of the disease.
Clinical signs and serology results are consistent for both diagnoses.
One is recovering, one was euthanized.
All five horses have succumbed to the illness, which can also affect humans.
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