New Mexico Horse Tests Positive for West Nile Virus

A horse from McKinley County, N.M., has tested positive for West Nile virus, the first positive test for the virus in a horse this year.

That word from the state health department.

New Mexico has reported no human cases of West

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A horse from McKinley County, N.M., has tested positive for West Nile virus, the first positive test for the virus in a horse this year.


That word from the state health department.


New Mexico has reported no human cases of West Nile virus this year.


The state public health veterinarian for the Department of Health, Dr. Paul Ettestad, says the positive test indicates there are mosquitoes infected with the virus in the McKinley County area

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