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Eastern Equine Encephalitis

Van Buren and Calhoun counties, MI

Alert ID: 101

September 28, 2015

LANSING – The Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development announced two additional cases of Eastern Equine Encephalitis in horses in Calhoun and Van Buren Counties. MDARD was notified by the United States Department of Agriculture’s National Veterinary Services Lab in Ames, Iowa of the results on September 22. Both the Calhoun horse and the Van Buren horse had a positive blood test suggesting EEE exposure and had already been euthanized. These horses had not been vaccinated for EEE.

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