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9 cases reported in horse disease spate
State agriculture officials say they're seeing an outbreak of a mosquito-borne disease that can kill horses.
Last year, the state saw 18 cases of Eastern equine encephalitis. There have been nine cases already this year. The season typically starts in May.
Florida Agriculture Commissioner Charles Bronson said horses should be vaccinated to protect them against the disease and the West Nile virus.
Eastern equine encephalitis is a viral disease transmitted to horses by mosquitoes. Signs of the virus include fever, listlessness, stumbling, circling, coma and, in 90 percent of cases, death.
Surveillances hows 24 deer test positive for CWD
Ongoing surveillance for the presence of chronic wasting disease in wild deer in Illinois last fall and this winter has detected 24 deer testing positive for CWD.
The Illinois Department of Natural Resources has received results on tests of more than 4,100 deer which were harvested by hunters or taken by IDNR personnel as part of the 2007-08 deer season sampling program.
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