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West Nile Virus

Plumas County, CA

Alert ID: 611

August 23, 2017

Source: California Department of Food and Agriculture

On August 22, 2017, the California Department of Food and Agriculture confirmed an additional equine case of West Nile Virus in an unvaccinated 2.5-year-old Paint gelding in Plumas County, California displaying neurologic signs was confirmed positive for WNV. The gelding is alive and recovering. For 2017, a total of eight(8) horses have been confirmed positive for WNV in California. For more information visit: https://www.cdfa.ca.gov/ahfss/animal_health/WNV_Info.html

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