WEST NILE VIRUS FOUND IN PA HORSES
Animal Health Emergency Management and Information Network
Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services
Craig Shultz, DVM, Director
c-animalem@state.pa.us
Telephone No: 717-772-2852
Fax No: 717-787-1868
West Nile Virus (WNV) has been found in two (2)
horses in Pennsylvania. One horse was located in Lancaster
County and the other in Montgomery County. Pennsylvania
Department of Agriculture (PDA) encourages horse owners to
work with their veterinarians in order to protect their
horses from West Nile Virus and other encephalitic diseases.
Surveillance updates and alerts, including county locations
of positive horses and other animals, are available at
www.westnile.state.pa.us/.
