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Shawano County, WI
Alert ID: 703
October 06, 2017

Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection

The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection has confirmed equine case #21 of Eastern Equine Encephalitis for 2017.An 11-year-old unvaccinated QH mare from Shawano County was stumbling and generally ataxic on 10/2.  The veterinarian sampled and treated the mare that day.  The mare went down on 10/3 and was euthanized later that day. No quarantine was issued.