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Eastern Equine Encephalitis

Chesapeake County, VA

Alert ID: 250

July 22, 2016

The Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (VDACS) today announced the third case of Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE) in a Virginia horse this year. The horse, a mare from Chesapeake, contracted the disease one day and died the next. Vaccination history is unknown. All three horses have been from the Tidewater area. For more information go to: http://www.vdacs.virginia.gov/animals-eastern-equine-encephalitis.shtml

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