West Nile Virus: Still A Threat
With all the reports and quarantines for Equine Herpes Virus (EHV) this winter, it’s easy to forget about West Nile Virus (WNV) and the threat it poses to horses. As the sun climbs higher in the sky,...
View ArticleHorse with Lighter Coat Colors Are More at Risk for West Nile Virus
The Jurga Report reveals that an announcement received today from the Merial corporation is putting horse owners on notice that West Nile virus (WNV) is a risk for all horses in infected areas, but...
View ArticleThe Flip Side of Summer: New York State, Florida Report First Cases of...
The first 2011 cases of Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE) in U.S. horses have been reported. Two horses in the panhandle region of Florida and one horse in upstate New York are the first victims of...
View ArticleDisease Alert: Earlier-than-Usual Mosquito-Borne Viruses Strike Horses from...
The Jurga Report has collected news from seven states where mosquito-borne diseases have infected horses, even though vaccines are available to prevent them in horses. The viruses are appearing earlier...
View ArticleHorse Health Alert: Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE) Kills Horse in New...
An eight-year-old Standardbred/draft crossbred hores in St Lawrence County, New York has died. New York state veterinarian David Smith reported that while there have been no findings of EEE in...
View ArticleWest Nile Virus and EEE Cases in Horses Rise from Coast to Coast; But What Do...
West Nile Virus is infecting horses from coast to coast, while Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE) is very strong, but only in pockets. What can we learn from the statistical rise in cases of...
View ArticleFeel the Sting and Know the Symptoms of West Nile Virus: Meet Batman, a Polo...
What are the signs that a horse has West Nile Virus? This story includes an AQHA video showing the symptoms, and details efforts at Palm Beach Equine Medical Center on Long Island in helping an...
View ArticleMid-Summer Score: West Nile Virus 16, Eastern Equine Encephalitis 52 as New...
As the summer progresses, so does the toll of mosquito-borne diseases, and some new states are being added to the list of those where horses are affected by disease. Today we add West Nile Virus in a...
View ArticleDisease Update: Colorado, Maryland, Michigan, New Jersey and South Carolina...
States all over the nation have reported new cases of mosquito-borne diseases in the past week. To update the tally, The Jurga Report has collected several notifications from states, listed in...
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