Palm Beach County health officials have issued a warning:
Take measures to protect your livestock, yourself and your children.
A horse in Jupiter Florida had to be put down on June 23rd after getting very sick. The horse was bitten by mosquitoes infected with the Eastern equine encephalitis.
Eastern equine encephalitis is a killer of horses. It can also make humans sick and even kill humans although that is not common. It is carried by mosquitoes and birds.
Palm Beach County Mosquito control has started night aerial spraying to keep the mosquito population down. This is the first time in 30 years that Martin County has seen Eastern equine encephalitis in their sentinel flocks.
This is one of those times when I weigh whether I want to have poison on my body ie: mosquito repellent or get bit by one of those nasty creatures! I hate mosquitoes because I have bad reactions to their bites. One of my daughters is so allergic to bug bites that I would have to take her to the emergency room to get Benedryl shots in her backside before her throat constricted.
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