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  • From: "Jorene Downs" <Jorene@CEOates.com>
  • To: "MSAR-L" <msar-riders@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: [MSAR] Mosquito abatement and WNV
  • Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2003 12:17:52 -0700

Mexico has just declared a West Nile Virus emergency. Vaccines haven't been effective protecting their horses. "The U.S. Agriculture Department reported that about a third of the 15,000 horses infected in 2002 died." http://www.cnn.com/2003/HEALTH/07/15/sprj.wnv.mexico.reut/index.html 

This has been a bad "bug" year for us locally. We chose to not give WNV vaccine having heard from many sources of tragic results in breeding programs - we breed Paints - and the reports of deformed foals, etc., keep coming in. The Ft Dodge WNV vaccine is the suspected cause. 

I hope everyone is making a serious effort at mosquito abatement! If anyone has a particularly effective method, now is a great time to share ...

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Jorene Downs
Tulare Co, CA
SAR, MSAR, Swiftwater Rescue, US&R,
Hasty Team, ICP
www.CEOates.com/sar



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