North Carolina Mare Confirmed With EEE and/or WNV
Edited Press Release
September 3, 2020
Clinical signs and serology results are consistent for both diagnoses.
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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.
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The state’s VSV-infected and suspect premises have dropped to seven.
A second Clare County horse suspected to have the disease also died.
Seven additional Whitman County horses are suspected as positive.
All five horses resided in different counties. Three of the five were unvaccinated, and two had unknown vaccination histories.
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The affected horse is from Robeson County.
Both affected horses were humanely euthanized.
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