The Utah Department of Agriculture and Food received confirmation of WNV in a 1-year-old pony mare from Carbon County. This is the fourth case of WNV for Utah in 2017.
The Equine Disease Communication Center (EDCC) works to protect horses and the horse industry from the threat of infectious diseases in North America. The communication system is designed to seek and report real time information about disease outbreaks similar to how the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) alerts the human population about diseases in people.
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