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Agricultural authorities in New Jersey report a case of equine encephalitis (EEE) in equines in a 12-year-old mare from Ocean County.
The horse had already been vaccinated against the EEA in April 2019 and had been euthanized on 23 July 2019. This is the first case this year in New Jersey.
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"Horse owners need to be vigilant when vaccinating their animals against mosquito-borne diseases," said New Jersey Secretary of Agriculture Douglas H. Fisher. "Vaccinated animals are far less likely to contract deadly diseases such as EEE and West Nile virus."
The EEE causes inflammation of the brain tissue and presents a risk of death in horses significantly higher than West Nile virus infection. West Nile virus is a viral disease that affects the neurological system of horses. The disease is transmitted by a mosquito bite. The virus repeats itself between birds and mosquitoes, horses and humans being secondary hosts. EEE infections in horses are not a significant risk factor for human infection, as horses (like humans) are considered to be "dead-end" hosts of the virus.
In 2018, New Jersey had five cases of EEE and one case of West Nile Virus (WNV).
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