Maryland Horse Euthanized Due to Rabies
Edited Press Release
September 14, 2020
Health departments in multiple Virginia and Maryland counties are tracing humans and horses that were potentially exposed.
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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.
A Williamson County horse has tested positive.
The case marks Florida’s seventh case for 2020. The undervaccinated gelding is reported as recovering.
The last horse confirmed positive with equine herpesvirus-4 tested negative after 14 days.
The case marks Riverside County’s second confirmed equine with West Nile virus.
The affected pony was euthanized.
The Missouri vesicular stomatitis outbreak began on July 13.
The state’s VSV-infected and suspect premises have dropped to seven.
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