West Nile Virus Detected In Three Colorado Horses and a Crow

West Nile virus (WNV) has been detected in the blood of two horses and a crow from Weld County and one horse from Pueblo County.

John Pape is an epidemiologist who specializes in animal-related diseases for the Colorado Department

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West Nile virus (WNV) has been detected in the blood of two horses and a crow from Weld County and one horse from Pueblo County.


John Pape is an epidemiologist who specializes in animal-related diseases for the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment’s Disease Control and Environmental Epidemiology Division. He said this is the first detection of the virus in animals in Colorado. The virus has been moving across the United States from east to west since striking New York City in the summer of 1999. The virus is harbored by birds and is spread by the bite of infected mosquitoes. For more on WNV and horses, visit https://thehorse.com/wnv.


The testing of specimens from the horses, which helped to confirm the arrival of the disease in Colorado, was completed at noon on Thurs., Aug. 15, and conducted jointly by the Department of Public Health and Environment’s laboratory in Denver; the Colorado Department of Agriculture’s laboratory in Lakewood; and the Weld County Health Department laboratory in Greeley.


The horses were tested for the disease after they showed signs of illness. One Weld County horse and the Pueblo County horse died. The second Weld County horse is recovering. The dead crow, which was found in a residential area within the Greeley city limits, was submitted by the Weld County Health Department to the State Department of Public Health and Environment Laboratory in Denver where it was tested

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