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Polk County, FL
Alert ID: 234
June 28, 2016
On June 28, a new EEE case was confirmed in Polk County, Florida. The 6 year old Arabian had no vaccine history for EEE and no recent travel history. Clinical signs began on June 19 and the horse was euthanized for humane reasons the same day. This is the third confirmed EEE case in Polk County and the seventh confirmed case in Florida for 2016.