Tag: West Nile Virus

WEST NILE VIRUS CONFIRMED IN KANSAS HORSE

West Nile virus is the most common mosquito-borne disease in Kansas and in the United States. It causes severe neurological disease in horses.

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Horse tests positive for Virginia’s first 2017 case of West Nile Virus

The horse, a ten-year-old Saddlebred gelding, was from Wythe County and died as a result of the disease.

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Kentucky Confirms First Equine WNV Case for 2017

In a statement Kentucky Equine Programs manager E.S. “Rusty” Ford said the case was confirmed June 13.

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Tenn. horse diagnosed with Eastern equine encephalitis virus

EEE kills up to 90 percent of the horses infected. The horse in Madison County did not survive. Although there is no vaccine for humans, the EEE vaccine for horses is particularly effective to protect horses against the virus.

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WNV-Positive Florida Horse Also had EEE

This is the eighth equine EEE statewide in 2016 and the second for Osceola County, the EDCC reported.

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Old World Viruses ‘New’ Cause of Equine Neurologic Disease

Old World alphaviruses (which are transmitted via mosquitoes) have been mostly identified on the African continent,

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West Nile virus in horses, humans, dogs and cats

West Nile Virus has spread throughout the United States since its discovery in New York City in 1939, when humans and horses were found to be infected after transmission from infected mosquitoes

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2 horses in Georgia contract West Nile virus

Two horses in Richmond County have been sickened by West Nile virus, the Richmond County Health Department announced Friday.

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West Nile Virus (WNV) and Encephalitis a Threat in Texas

A few moments with your local veterinary practitioner in Robertson County can help protect horses, mules and donkeys against mosquito-borne diseases, advises Dr. Terry Conger, veterinarian and state epidemiologist for the Texas Animal Health Commission (TAHC), the state’s livestock health regulatory agency.

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