A deadly case of Eastern equine encephalitis (EEE) was confirmed in Cabarrus County, North Carolina, on August 3.

The Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry (LDAF) released a statement on July 25 confirming that an unvaccinated horse in Iberville Parish has tested positive for Eastern equine encaphalitis.

An unvaccinated yearling in Franklin County, Florida, was confirmed with Eastern equine encephalitis (EEE) on July 22, 2017.

Wisconsin has reported its first 2017 case of equine West Nile virus. The Wisconsin Bureau of Animal Disease Control received laboratory confirmation of the equine West Nile Virus positive in a non-vaccinated Standardbred-cross yearling gelding from Clark County. The horse became recumbent and was euthanized.

South Carolina reported the first confirmed 2017 case of Eastern equine encephalitis (EEE) on July 21, 2017.

The Georgia Department of Agriculture via the Equine Disease Communication Center (EDCC) has reported two premises with strangles, the first 2017 case of West Nile virus (WNV) in the state this year, and the first EEE case in Georgia this year.

The Equine Disease Communication Center reported today that one premise in Osceola County, Florida, was placed under quarantine for clinical signs of strangles.

According to the Equine Disease Communication Center, a 14-month-old Quarter Horse filly with unknown vaccination history in Kern County, California, was confirmed positive for West Nile virus (WNV).

he Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services identified a 10-year-old Saddlebred gelding from Wythe County as the state’s first positive case of West Nile virus in 2017.

This the first case of equine strangles for Pinellas County and case 25 for Florida in 2017.

On July 3, one premise in Levy County, Florida, was placed under quarantine for clinical signs and positive PCR confirmation of strangles.

Six cases of equine coronavirus have been confirmed at Heartland Equine Therapeutic Riding Academy in Sarpy County, Nebraska.

On June 23, 2017, a positive EIA result was confirmed by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency’s (CFIA) national reference laboratory for a horse on a newly affected premises in the rural municipality of Armstrong in the province of Manitoba.

Based on a test at the National Veterinary Services Laboratory, a 5-year old racing Quarter Horse in Fort Lupton, Colorado, was diagnosed with Equine Infectious Anemia (EIA).

A 17-year-old Quarter Horse mare used for barrel racing was diagnosed with equine herpesvirus myeloencephalopathy (EHM) in Grand Junction, Mesa County, Colorado.

On April 28, 2017, 15-year-old Warmblood mare in Sacramento County, California, displaying severe neurologic signs was confirmed positive for equine herpesvirus type 1 (EHV-1).

On April 20, one premise in Bay County, Florida, was placed under quarantine for clinical signs and positive culture for strangles.

On April 11, one premise in Marion County, Florida, was placed under quarantine for clinical signs of strangles.

On April 5, one premise in Marion County, Florida, was placed under quarantine for strangles due to clinical signs and positive test confirmation.

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the Axtell Contract Off-Range Corrals have issued a voluntary quarantine of wild horses at the facility due to an outbreak of upper respiratory tract infection thought to be strangles.