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Discussion on 2003 Cases of Eastern Equine Encephalitis
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Member:
Skeller
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Posted on Tuesday, Jul 8, 2003 - 9:18 am:
I was reading about the upsurge of cases of EEE.
"EEE Strikes South Carolina; Georgia and Florida Continue to Log Cases Veterinarians are scrambling to keep up with the alarming number of Eastern equine encephalitis cases emerging in the southeastern United States. Since the beginning of June, South Carolina has had 17 confirmed equine cases, with about 25 pending confirmation. Florida's EEE case count is up to 113 horses this year, and Georgia has 30." This was posted in bloodhorse.com.
While my horses have been vaccinated, I'm still concerned. It's been a very wet summer along the east coast which means mosquitos. Are there any websites that track EEE in other states? Similiar to what's available for west nile. I've checked our Dept. of Agriculture, CDC and Bureau of Public Health.
Thanks for the information, Sandi
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Member:
Amara
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Posted on Tuesday, Jul 8, 2003 - 12:14 pm:
i'm curious, any info as to what percent of those horses had been vaccinated?
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DrO
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Posted on Tuesday, Jul 8, 2003 - 12:59 pm:
Though I cannot put my hands on the paper right now, in one report of 40 cases where vaccination information was available no horses with EEE vaccination in the last 6 months have become ill.
DrO
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