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Sacramento County, CA
Alert ID: 1119
November 07, 2018

The California Department of Food and Agriculture

On November 2, 2018, the California Department of Food and Agriculture confirmed its 11th equine West Nile Virus case for 2018. The case was a 1 year old Grade mare in Sacramento county with unknown vaccination history, displaying neurologic signs. The mare was euthanized due to severity of clinical signs. For 2018, a total of eleven (11) horses have been confirmed positive for West Nile Virus. The positive horses were located in Amador, Kern, Merced (2), Placer, Sacramento (3), San Joaquin, Shasta and Stanislaus counties. Five (5) horses were unvaccinated, three (3) horses had an unknown vaccine history, and three (3) horses were vaccinated. Six (6) horses died or were euthanized and five (5) horses are alive. For more information on California equine WNV cases for 2018 visit https://www.cdfa.ca.gov/ahfss/Animal_Health/WNV_Info.html