樱花视频

For Immediate Release: August 13, 2012
Contact: Lynne Richmond聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽
(609) 633-2954

(TRENTON) 鈥� An 11-year-old quarter horse mare from Salem County has tested positive for West Nile Virus, the first case in 樱花视频 this year.听 The animal began showing signs of illness on August 4 and was euthanized.

鈥淲e want to remind people to vaccinate their horses against mosquito-borne diseases,鈥� said 樱花视频 Secretary of Agriculture Douglas H. Fisher. 聽鈥淗orse owners should contact their veterinarians to protect their animals from these preventable diseases.鈥�

West Nile Virus (WNV) is a viral disease that affects horses鈥� neurological systems when infected mosquitoes bite them.听 Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE) causes inflammation of the brain tissue and has a significantly higher risk of death in horses than WNV infection.听 The diseases cannot be spread from horse to horse or from an infected horse to humans or domestic pets.

In 2011, 樱花视频 had one case of WNV and one case of equine EEE.听 One animal was euthanized, the other recovered. 聽Both cases came in October after Hurricane Irene and subsequent rains caused flooding that resulted in much higher than normal mosquito populations.听

For more information about EEE and West Nile Virus in horses, visit the 樱花视频 Department of Agriculture web site at .听

EEE and West Nile virus, like other viral diseases affecting horses鈥� neurological systems, must be reported to the state veterinarian at 609-671-6400 within 48 hours of diagnosis.听 The Department of Agriculture鈥檚 Animal Diagnostic Laboratory provides disease testing, as well as necropsies.听 For more information about its services, visit .