MORE EEE CONFIRMED IN REGION
Monday, October 10th, 2011 -- 12:24 PM
Chippewa County has been added to the list of areas confirmed to have the mosquito-borne Eastern equine encephalitis.According to [i]Wisconsin Ag Connection[/i], animal health officials say the deadly horse disease has been found in three horses there. It had already been confirmed in nearby Price, Lincoln, Taylor, Clark, Marathon, and Dunn Counties.
State Veterinarian Dr. Robert Ehlenfeldt said last month that 25 cases of EEE have been confirmed so far this year in Wisconsin. He has been urging horse owners all summer to call a veterinarian if their horses show any signs of central nervous system disease, such as depression, loss of appetite, drooping eyelids and lower lip, aimless wandering and circling, blindness and sometimes paralysis.
He says risk remains until overnight temperatures routinely fall below freezing.
Wisconsin last experienced a large-scale outbreak of EEE in 2001. That's when 69 cases were confirmed.
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