Two more Wisconsin horses have tested positive for Eastern equine encephalitis (EEE). The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture says lab tests confirmed a seven-year-old quarter-horse in Price County and a six-year-old Belgian mare in Taylor County had the disease. Neither had been vaccinated for EEE. State Veterinarian Dr. Bob Ehlenfeldt says EEE has a mortality rate in excess of 90 percent and stresses the need to vaccinate horses.
The virus is spread by mosquitoes and Ehlenfeldt says there is a big crop of mosquitoes this year.
Earlier this month DATCP reported two llamas and a horse in Dunn County were diagnosed with the disease. Ehlenfeldt cautions “if we’ve found EEE in these three counties, it’s reasonable to assume it’s more widespread. Unless we have a really early killing frost, we still have a lot of mosquito season ahead of us.”
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These horse should have had their vaccinations and then this would not have happened. There is no excuse for not having the proper vaccinations.