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Marion County, FL
Alert ID: 111
October 13, 2015
A new case in Marion County has been confirmed with WNV. The one year old, unvaccinated Thoroughbred had not been off the property in the past 6 weeks. Clinical signs began September 28th and the horse is currently being treated symptomatically. The case was confirmed positive on October 6th. This is the first confirmed case in Marion County and the first positive in Florida since the beginning of the year.