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Eastern Equine Encephalitis
Terrebonne, St. Tammany, Beauregard, Iberville, Lafourche, DeSoto, Caddo, St. Mary, Assumption, Red River, Tangipahoa Counties, LA
Outbreak Identifier: 1910
Alert ID: 1361
August 20, 2019
Confirmed Case(s) - No Quarantine

Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry

Date Received 6/5/19
Location: Terrebone County
Number Confirmed: 1;
Age: 15; Gender: Mare; Breed: Quarter Horse (QH);
Clinical Signs: Ataxia, Disorientation, Nystagmus; Horse Status: Deceased; Vaccination Status: Unvaccinated;

 

Date Received 6/18/19 
Location: St. Tammany County 
Age: Not Reported; Gender: Mare; Breed: Not Reported;
Clinical Signs: Aggression, Ataxia, Grinding Teeth; Horse Status: Affected And Alive; Vaccination Status: Unvaccinated;
 

 

Date received 6/28/19
Location: Beauregard County 
Number Confirmed: 1;
Age: 8; Gender: Mare; Breed: Paint;
Clinical Signs: Ataxia, Down; Horse Status: Affected And Alive; Vaccination Status: Unvaccinated;
Notes: The horse also tested positive for WNV.;

 

Date received 7/15/2019
Location: Terrebonne County 
Number Confirmed: 1;
Age: 2; Gender: Mare; Breed: Quarter Horse (QH);
Clinical Signs: Ataxia, Blindness, Depression; Horse Status: Euthanized; Vaccination Status: Unvaccinated;
 

 

Date received 7/15/2019
Location: Iberville County 
Number Confirmed: 1;
Age: 2; Gender: Mare; Breed: Quarter Horse (QH);
Horse Status: Euthanized; Vaccination Status: Unvaccinated;
 

 

Date received 7/19/2019
Location: St. Tammany County 
Number Confirmed: 1;
Number Exposed: Not Reported;
Age: 3; Gender: Gelding; Breed: Miniature Horse;
Clinical Signs: Ataxia, Down, Lameness; Horse Status: Euthanized;

 

 

Date received 7/22/2019
Location: Lafourche County
Number Confirmed: 1;
Age: 7; Gender: Mare; Breed: Miniature Horse;
Clinical Signs: Down, Grinding Teeth, Tremors; Horse Status: Euthanized; Vaccination Status: Unvaccinated;

 

Date received 7/23/2019
Location: DeSoto County 
Number Confirmed: 1;
Age: 3; Gender: Mare; Breed: Not Reported;
Clinical Signs: Ataxia, dysphagia, Fever; Confirmation Date: Not Reported; Horse Status: Euthanized; Vaccination Status: Unvaccinated;

 

Date received 7/25/19
Location: Caddo County 
Number Confirmed: 1;
Age: 5; Gender: Gelding; Breed: Quarter Horse (QH); Onset of Clinical Signs: Not Reported;
Clinical Signs: Not Reported; Confirmation Date: Not Reported; Horse Status: Deceased; Vaccination Status: Unvaccinated;

 

Date received 7/25/2019
Location: St. Mary County 
Number Confirmed: 1;
Age: 1; Gender: Mare; Breed: Quarter Horse (QH);
Clinical Signs: Down, Severe CNS; Horse Status: Euthanized; Vaccination Status: Not Reported;

 

Date received 7/29/2019
Location: DeSoto County
Number Confirmed: 1;
Age: 2; Gender: Mare; Breed: Thoroughbred (TB); Onset of Clinical Signs: Not Reported;
Clinical Signs: Ataxia, Depression, Down, lethargy; Horse Status: Euthanized; Vaccination Status: Unvaccinated;
 

 

Date received 8/12/2019
Location: Assumption
 

Number Confirmed: 1;
Number Exposed: Not Reported;
Age: 9; Gender: Mare; Breed: Paint; Onset of Clinical Signs: Not Reported;
Clinical Signs: Ataxia, Depression, Nystagmus, Head pressing, Right sided weakness; Horse Status: Deceased; Vaccination Status: Not Reported;

 

Number Confirmed: 1;
Age: 8; Gender: Mare; Breed: Paint;
Clinical Signs: Depression, Down, Head pressing; Horse Status: Euthanized; Vaccination Status: Unvaccinated;
 

 

Date received 8/13/2019
Location: Red River County
Number Confirmed: 1;
Age: 10; Gender: Gelding; Breed: Quarter Horse (QH);
Clinical Signs: Not Reported; Confirmation Date: Not Reported; Horse Status: Euthanized; 

 

Date received 8/13/2019
Location: Lafourche County
Number Confirmed: 1;
Age: 2; Gender: Mare; Breed: Quarter Horse (QH);
Clinical Signs: Ataxia, Depression, Down, Hind-end Weakness; Horse Status: Euthanized; Vaccination Status: Unvaccinated;
 

Date received 8/13/2019
Location: Allen County
Number Confirmed: 1;
Age: 14; Gender: Mare; Breed: Quarter Horse (QH);
Clinical Signs: CNS Signs, Unresponsive; Horse Status: Euthanized; Vaccination Status: Unvaccinated;
 

 

Date received 8/20/2019
Location: Beauregard County
Number Confirmed: 1;
Age: Not Reported; Gender: Mare; Breed: Quarter Horse (QH);
Clinical Signs: Not Reported; Confirmation Date: Not Reported; Horse Status: Not Reported; Vaccination Status: Unvaccinated;

 

Date received 8/20/2019
Location: Tangipahoa County
Number Confirmed: 1;
Number Exposed: Not Reported;
Age: 6; Gender: Gelding; Breed: Not Reported;

 
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