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Marathon County, WI
Alert ID: 722
October 13, 2017

Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade, and Consumer Protection

The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade, and Consumer Protection confirmed Eastern Equine Encephalitis in an unvaccinated 10-year-old Appaloosa gelding from Marathon County.  The horse began showing clinical signs (fever, recumbency, paddling) on 10/2/17 and was sampled and euthanized that day. This is the 23rd case of EEE in Wisconsin during 2017.