Originally published on TheHorse.com Although they've increased
since last update, the number of confirmed equine West Nile
virus (WNV) and Eastern equine encephalitis (EEE) cases has
steadied, according to the Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service (APHIS) disease maps. At the most recent update (Nov.
20), APHIS reported 609 equine WNV cases nationwide and 206
cases of equine EEE since the beginning of the year; both
numbers increased from the previous update (Oct. 30), which
reported 566 WNV cases and 195 EEE cases. Both current totals
far exceed the number of WNV and EEE cases reported nationwide
in 2011 (87 and 60, respectively). As of Nov. 20, Texas had
reported the most WNV cases (109), followed by Louisiana (62),
Pennsylvania (47), Oklahoma (42), Mississippi (37), Iowa (35),
and Indiana (30). Last year, California had the nation's highest
WNV total when they reported 15 cases, according to APHIS. The
only states in the continental United States that have not
reported at least one equine WNV case th