California Horse Tests Positive for West Nile Virus
Diane E. Rice
September 3, 2019
Officials have reported Madera County’s first and the state’s fifth confirmed equine WNV case for 2019.
Officials have reported Madera County’s first and the state’s fifth confirmed equine WNV case for 2019.
The unvaccinated Ashtabula County horse succumbed to the deadly EEE virus.
Both Elkhart County horses were euthanized.
Horse owners in the southwestern and western U.S. should be aware of the current VS outbreak situation and implement aggressive vector mitigation and biosecurity strategies to protect their horses.
The 15-year-old unvaccinated mare was confirmed positive for EEE on Aug. 28 and euthanized after showing clinical signs beginning Aug. 18.
The diagnosis marks Putnam County’s second positive Eastern equine encephalomyelitis case for 2019.
The unvaccinated 12-year-old Quarter Horse mare presented on Aug. 13 with ataxia, fever, head-pressing, and tremors and died from the disease on Aug. 14.
This is the state’s first equine infectious anemia-positive horse in 2019.
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The unvaccinated mare is the state’s third confirmed WNV equine case in 2019.
Two horses have been euthanized, and two are receiving supportive care.
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