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Besides humans, what other mammal can be infected by West Nile Virus?
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Air date: October 21, 2012
Host: David Crabb, MD
Interview: Joan Norton, V.M.D., founder of Norton Veterinary Consulting and Education Resources.
The horse. After a West Nile virus vaccine for horses was distributed in the early 2000s, the number of equine cases plummeted. However, as the number of humans contracting the disease rises, so does the number of horses, with 88 cases reported in 24 states this year. Horses are infected in the same manner as humans and don’t transmit the disease to or from humans. Joan Norton, VMD, founder of Norton Veterinary Consulting and Education Resources, shares the characteristic symptoms of West Nile infection in horses and how they are treated.
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