EEE and West Nile in Massashusetts......

Our governor Mitt Romney just called tis a health crisis in massachusetts......

Babies and elderly people have already died....Plus a 20 year old in NH (i think) This is getting out of control....so i hope you all are protecting yourself from these annoying predetors.....

heres a link
http://www.mass.gov/dph/media/2005/pr0906.htm

But my real question is........ Can cats or Dogs be effected by these diseases???
I mean my parents walk Libby in a high grass area and with this hurrcane about to brush us...that park can become swAmpy quick.....

I just wouldnt want anything to happen to her.....

I don't know the answer to your question, but the 20 year old was definitely in NH. I don't think she was very far over the state line though.

Here's a little about West Nile!

http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvbid/west..._dogs_cats.htm

and more on West Nile. I'm not finding anything on EEE though.

http://www.agnr.umd.edu/HotTopics/WestNile.cfm

Originally Posted by AbbysMom

and more on West Nile. I'm not finding anything on EEE though.

http://www.agnr.umd.edu/HotTopics/WestNile.cfm

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That's because EEE is mainly an equine (horse) disease. Try doing a search for "Eastern Equine Encephalitis"

I tried that with no luck. Of course the first time around I spelled Encephalitis wrong.

Yes dogs and cats can get west nile. Its started with crows, and skeeters. horses have been hit hard with it in past of course IMO the vaccine works for nothing. I had horses get a reaction to it. so I dont give it. and horses who have had the vaccine still get sick. Ba!

here is a usuall factsheet about EEE not fun . not fun at all. this one i do vaccinate for.EEE Fact sheet

oooh!

No need to worry, in mississippi the state with the most known cases there was still a 2 in 100,000 people infected. Unless you are 65+ or under the age of 15 there isnt a real need to worry. Also Less than 1% of people that get infected get severly sick, only 20% of people get flu like symtoms that only last 3-15 days and the rest dont have a reaction.

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No need to worry, in mississippi the state with the most known cases there was still a 2 in 100,000 people infected. Unless you are 65+ or under the age of 15 there isnt a real need to worry. Also Less than 1% of people that get infected get severly sick, only 20% of people get flu like symtoms that only last 3-15 days and the rest dont have a reaction.

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I believed that to be true to...Untill a 20 year old died in NH...also...you and I may not be under 15 or over 65.....some of our children are...some of our parents are...friends, grandparents.....to sayyy it like that is kinda insensitive...

and I also understand the 2 in 100,000....but if you have seen the news 3 people have died just this week....and the first frost is a little while off............

...and on teh news this morning, someone in Rhode Island also has West Nile....

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When I went to GA last summer, I came home with a nasty, nasty cold. So bad, and so fast, and so many bug bites, that I thought perhaps I had WNV. So I went to the Dr...it wasn't WNV, but he was pleased I thought about it and came in. He says most people don't get treatment early because they think it's just a bad cold or the 'flu. And we had it out here last year...dunno about this year, though.

I don't think it's a panickable issue, though. Even though I was worried, I also knew it wasn't too likely that I had it.

Best-
Michele