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Kansas Responds To Horses Testing Positive For EIA, WNV

The Kansas Department of Agriculture-Division of Animal Health (DAH) has been notified of two separate cases in which horses have tested positive for reportable diseases. The agency has responded to both incidents according to the state’s disease response plan.

In mid-July, DAH was notified by the National Veterinary Services Laboratory that a horse in Sedgwick County tested positive for equine infectious anemia (EIA). The facility and all horses on site were placed under quarantine for further testing. Preliminary results indicate more have the virus. Those testing negative will be retested in 60 days. DAH has designated a surveillance area within one-quarter mile of the facility and is working to identify other horses that may have been in that area.

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