Eastern Equine Encephalitis found in Michigan puppy

Colourised transmission electron micrograph (TEM) depicting a salivary gland that had been extracted from a mosquito, which was infected past times the Eastern equine encephalitis (EEE) virus, which has been colorized red; magnified 83,900 times. © CDC

A rare representative of  Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE) has been identified inward a puppy inward Michigan.

Officials alongside the Michigan Department of Agriculture together with Rural Development together with Michigan State University’s Diagnostic Center for Population together with Animal Health confirmed the representative inward an eight-week-old puppy inward Van Buren County.

The mosquito-born virus tin impact people, horses, together with poultry such every bit pheasants, emu, ostriches, quail, together with ducks. Infection together with illness tin occasionally happen inward other mammals, such every bit this puppy, together with inward reptiles together with amphibians.

“There convey been other reported cases of EEE inward dogs, but every bit far every bit nosotros are aware, non inward Michigan,” the diagnostic centre’s associate director, Dr Thomas Mullaney, said.

“Private veterinarians may desire to regard EEE if at that spot are neurological issues during an examination, peculiarly if dogs convey been living exterior alongside no musquito command on the premises.”

In this case, the puppy had a abrupt onslaught of seizures, was sparse together with weak, together with unable to stand. During examination, the puppy had seizures, was hospitalized, became progressively worse, together with the possessor agreed to convey the domestic dog euthanized.

Testing afterwards confirmed EEE every bit the travail of the puppy’s illness.

“This is a challenging twelvemonth for vector borne diseases,” said State Veterinarian Dr Steven  Halstead.

“Drought conditions together with warm conditions Pb to stagnant pools of H2O which are breeding grounds for mosquitos.

“This merely shows how of import it is to protect dogs, cats, together with horses from the illnesses that mosquitoes together with other vectors such every bit fleas, ticks, together with biting flies tin cause.”

Mosquito management is vital inward the prevention of West Nile Virus, EEE, together with heartworms inward dogs together with cats.

Authorities are encouraging people to eliminate standing H2O past times properly discarding quondam tires, filling ruts together with pot holes, together with removing H2O from tarpaulins, puddle covers, together with other items where it may collect. Changing H2O inward bowls, buckets, troughs, plane baths, together with wading pools at to the lowest degree in i lawsuit each week, peculiarly during the warmer weeks of piece of cake summer, are merely a few unproblematic steps to preclude mosquito-borne illnesses.

Additional practices to trim musquito exposure include:

• If y'all are able, give-up the ghost along pets indoors from dusk till dawn, when mosquitoes are out inward total force.
•  Horses tin likewise hold upward stabled during times when mosquitoes are almost active. Placing fans to blow inward stalls together with on stabled horses volition likewise assist give-up the ghost along mosquitoes from landing together with feeding.
• Finally, products are available to repel or kill fleas, ticks, mosquitoes, together with biting flies from dogs together with cats, repellent sprays are available for livestock, together with vaccines against EEE together with WNV are available for horses.
• Owners should consult a veterinary on specific products together with usage.

 

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