Two Florida Ponies Confirmed With EEE
Edited Press Release
July 28, 2020
The ponies mark case numbers 13 and 14 for Florida in 2020. Both were euthanized.
The ponies mark case numbers 13 and 14 for Florida in 2020. Both were euthanized.
An unvaccinated mare was euthanized after testing positive for Eastern equine encephalomyelitis. A weanling suspected of having the disease after showing clinical signs was also euthanized.
Kansas counties with vesicular stomatitis virus cases on newly identified premises include Allen, Cherokee, Coffey, Elk, Labette, Lyon, Miami, Neosho, and Wilson.
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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.
The Eastern equine encephalomyelitis fatality rate in horses exceeds 90%. Horses act as sentinels for human risk.
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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.
APHIS has confirmed four new positive and seven new suspect premises with VSV in Kansas. Thirty-three premises in the state remain under quarantine.
Animal health authorities have released the last active premises, located in Maricopa County, from quarantine related to vesicular stomatitis.
APHIS announces 12 new confirmed positive and eight new suspect cases in the state.
A Newton County premises is under quarantine for vesicular stomatitis virus, with three cases.
While AHS doesn’t occur in horses in the United States, a current outbreak in Thailand, with a 94% mortality rate, illustrates the devastation possible when the disease affects a naive horse population.
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