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Eastern Equine Encephalitis

Washington and Polk Counties, FL

Alert ID: 239

July 01, 2016

On July 1, two new EEE case were confirmed, one each in Washington and Polk County, Florida. The Washington County case, a 3 year old Andalusian, became clinical on June 23 and had one previous vaccination for EEE per owner and no recent travel history. The mare current status is unknown. The Polk County case was up to date on all vaccines per owner and had no reported travel history with in the past month. Clinical signs began on June 25 and the horse was euthanized for humane reasons the same day. This is the first confirmed EEE case in Washington County, the fourth case in Polk County and the ninth and tenth confirmed cases in Florida for 2016.

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