01 | Autor: Vaccinate Horses Against Mosquito-borne Viruses
If you’re well-equipped with everyday mosquito repellent and citronella candles to keep pesky mosquitoes at bay, you may fancy to turn a kind eye to your horse friends, as well. In areas of the country where summer equals hot, clammy weather, horses are at risk for contracting mosquito-borne diseases such as West Nile virus and eastern and western equine encephalomyelitis.
“Vaccination is key to mitigating of diseases like EEE, WEE and West Nile,” says James Maclachlan, professor of pathology at UC Davis’ Clique of Veterinary Medicine. “Mosquito control is continually difficult. Most of the mosquito-transmitted viruses are not contagious between horses, rather they are exclusively transmitted by insect nip.”
While there have been few reported cases of WEE in recent years, EEE and WNV remain main concerns, and horses should receive annual vaccinations for all three, Maclachlan says. Horses that corrugate one of these diseases may show signs of neurological problems, though the symptoms diversify and can progress severely in the affected animal.
Neurological symptoms involve: coma
There is also a risk of death among animals that contract these diseases, says Maclachlan. The mortality under any circumstances among horses that suffer from EEE is high (about 50 to 90 percent), while those trial from WEE is lower (0 to 40 percent). Only about 10 percent of horses that agree WNV actually exhibit symptoms, but of that number there is a mortality be entitled to of about 35 percent.
Clinton County Fair opens
Concessions, vendors and carnival rides are revealed at 5:30 p.m. Monday through July 24. Parking is $2; $8 for the week.
The display, with the theme of "World of Disney," is at 6 p.m. Monday. On Tuesday, a predisposition show is at 6 p.m. in the Exhibition Building and a truck pull is at 7 ($10 adults; $5 under 12).
On Wednesday, tractors will do the pulling -- kids will pedal theirs at 7 p.m. and adults will fire up theirs at 7 also ($7; under 12 $3). On July 22, it's the LTPA and Illinois Hot Be killed Stock Tractor Pull at 7 p.m. ($10; $5 under 12).
You can get in free to the Suiting someone to a T Legal truck pull at 6 p.m. July 23. On July 24, the Adirondack Tractor Draw up is at 3 p.m. ($7). And the demolition derby doubleheader will be held at 1 and 7 p.m. July 25.
Homecoming fun
ST. JACOB: They'll be dancin' in the streets in St. Jacob Friday and Saturday nights to the music of the Smokin' Aces. In in to carnival rides, games, food and bingo, there will be parades both nights -- 7 p.m. Friday and 6 p.m. Saturday. The boulevard dances follow the parades.
NEW ATHENS: Music, viands and drink booths and carnival rides start at 6 p.m. Friday and Saturday at Burg Park. Armbands from 6 to 10 Friday. The Smash Bunch will provide the music from 8 to midnight Friday, while Johnny Surprise-Itt with rock from 8 p.m. Saturday to 1 a.m. The parade steps off at 6 p.m. Saturday, and the empress coronation is at 10.
Candles burned and guests sang along, capturing an unforgettable musty to what was, hands down, a hard-to-beat evening of creativity and open-handed
