Virginia records first West Nile horse case for 2012
Virginia’s rootage positive illustration of West Nile Virus (WNV) inwards a Equus caballus for 2012 has been confirmed past times the state’s Department of Agriculture as well as Consumer Services.
It announced on Fri that testing had shown that a nine-year-old Morgan gelding from Loudoun County had contracted the mosquito-borne disease.
The Equus caballus had non been vaccinated for WNV for at to the lowest degree iii years.
The onslaught of symptoms occurred on September 11. The Equus caballus was euthanized at the department’s animate beingness wellness laboratory inwards Warrenton 2 days later.
Dr Joe Garvin, caput of the department’s Office of Laboratory Services, urged Equus caballus owners to banking concern check amongst their veterinarians well-nigh vaccinating their animals against the disease.
“We by as well as large begin seeing our rootage cases inwards August as well as September,” he said. “The illness is preventable past times vaccination, equally is Eastern Equine Encephalitis, thus many veterinarians recommend vaccination at to the lowest degree yearly, as well as inwards mosquito-prone areas, every 6 months.”
He adds that the musquito flavor inwards Virginia tin last through to November.
The WNV vaccine for equines initially requires 2 doses administered iii to 6 weeks apart. The vaccine takes iv to 6 weeks from the minute dose for optimal effectiveness.
Horse owners should consult amongst their veterinarians to select a re-vaccination schedule to protect their horses effectively.
Prevention methods likewise vaccination include destroying standing H2O breeding sites for mosquitoes, purpose of insect repellents as well as removing animals from mosquito-infested areas during peak biting times, commonly dusk to dawn.
Mosquitoes tin transmit the virus from aeroplane to bird. Occasionally a musquito that has bitten an infected aeroplane volition thus seize amongst teeth a human, Equus caballus or other mammal as well as transmit the virus to them. Transmission betwixt horses as well as humans is extremely unlikely.
Continuous, effective musquito command tin minimize the direct a opportunity of exposure of both horses as well as humans to mosquito-borne diseases.
Currently, no drugs be to process WNV specifically inwards horses or humans. The mortality charge per unit of measurement inwards equines is well-nigh thirty per cent.
Treatment for an infected Equus caballus consists of supportive therapy to foreclose the animate beingness from injuring itself throughout the 2 to iii weeks of the disease.
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