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Discussion on West Nile Encephalomyelitis
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Posted on Sunday, Jan 30, 2000 - 1:55 pm:
West Nile Encephalomyelitis (WNE) was unknown in this country before the fall of 1999 although it has been enzootic in Europe for a long time. I suspect that it could cause extensive outbreaks in 2000, both in humans and in horses. Is there an equine vaccine and will it be available soon?
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Posted on Monday, Jan 31, 2000 - 8:19 am:
hello Joan,
You are right to be worried, we are all worried about what the summer of 2000 will bring. I am afraid the answers to your question are No and No. Currently the best prevention seems to be the elimanation of standing water (see the article associated with this discussion).
DrO
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Posted on Sunday, Feb 6, 2000 - 7:19 pm:
What is your opinion of feeding garlic to horses as a natural insect repellant?
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Posted on Monday, Feb 7, 2000 - 6:41 am:
Ineffective, you can't beat eliminating standing water and DEET.
DrO
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Posted on Friday, Jun 16, 2000 - 11:50 am:
What is the latest you have heard on the West Nile Virus? A friend of mine heard/read that 3 infected crows had been found dead in New York, but other than that I haven't heard anything.
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Posted on Saturday, Jun 17, 2000 - 6:29 am:
We have monitoring birds out here in NC but mum is the word so far as I have heard. It will first turn up on the evening news when it occurs.
DrO
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Posted on Sunday, Jun 18, 2000 - 1:16 am:
I believe there was a mention on the evening news here in Bergen County, N.J. of a dead crow. I also believe West Nile was confirmed. I know that in N.Y. they are gearing up to spray. They always seem to find the weirdos to interview that say " I'm more afraid of the spray than the bugs, after all, what's so bad about a few mosquitoes?" Gee, it's so great to live among such well - informed, head-in-the-sand, idiots.
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Posted on Friday, Sep 22, 2000 - 10:26 am:
FYI- West Nile was confirmed as the cause of death of two crows in Maryland (Howard County and Baltimore County) this week. They are spraying a 2-mile radius of both sites where the birds were found.
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