WEST NILE ENCEPHALITIS

WEST NILE ENCEPHALITIS: 

WEST NILE ENCEPHALITIS IN U. S. A REPORTABLE DISEASE VIRAL BIRD DISEASE – >100 SPECIES BLUE JAYS, CROWS, HAWKS – ENCEPHALITIS DEATH

TRANSMISSION : 

TRANSMISSION VIRUS IN BIRD BLOOD MOSQUITO (>75 SPECIES) BITE BIRD VIRUS IN 1% MOSQUITO SALIVARY GLANDS – 10 TO 14 DAYS LATER MOSQUITO BITE BIRD - VIRUS IN BLOOD (CARRIER) MOSQUITO BITE MAMMAL – VIRUS NOT IN BLOOD (DEAD END) 1% HORSES AND PEOPLE – ENCEPHALITIS (DEATH OR RECOVERY) 30% ENCEPHALITIS HORSES – DEATH (2 WKS TO 6 MOS) 6% ENCEPHALITIS PEOPLE – DEATH

INCUBATION PERIOD: 

INCUBATION PERIOD 3 TO 15 DAYS

HORSE WNE – RABIES SYMPTOMS: 

HORSE WNE – RABIES SYMPTOMS VIRUS IN BRAIN STUMBLING, STAGGERING WOBBLING LEG WEAKNESS – FALLING DIFFICULT RISING – DOG SITTING MUSCLE TWITCHING

HORSE WNE DIAGNOSIS: 

HORSE WNE DIAGNOSIS BLOOD, POSTMORTEM BRAIN

HORSE WNE VACCINATION: 

HORSE WNE VACCINATION INNOVATOR® WNE KILLED VACCINE (FT DODGE) RECOMBITEX ® WNE RECOMBINANT VACCINE (MERIAL)

ATTACK MOSQUITO BREEDING SITES – STANDING, STAGNANT WATER: 

ATTACK MOSQUITO BREEDING SITES – STANDING, STAGNANT WATER ELIMINATE JUNK (CANS, JARS, BUCKETS, TUBS, POTS, TIRES) TREAT TROUGHS, BIRD BATHS, LOW AREAS (Bt MOSQUITO DUNKS®)