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Washoe, Lyon, Humbolt Counties, NV
Alert ID: 631
September 01, 2017

Nevada Department of Agriculture

The Nevada Department of Agriculture confirmed West Nile Virus in three horses in Nevada this week.  The first was a 2 year old male horse with unknown vaccination status in Washoe County, second horse was an adult stallion in the Virginia Range Estray herd (unvaccinated) located in Lyon County and the third horse was 22 year old unvaccinated mare in Humboldt County.