West Nile virus information from USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.www.aphis.usda.gov/lpa/issues/wnv/wnv.html The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA's) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is responsible for protecting and promoting U.S. agricultural health, administering the Animal Welfare Act, and carrying out wildlife damage management activities. Its Web site provides several resources on the West Nile virus West Nile virus, microorganism and the infection resulting from it, which typically produces no symptoms or a flulike condition. The virus is a flavivirus and is related to a number of viruses that cause encephalitis. , including the current status of the West Nile virus (map of 2004 equine equine Any member of the ungulate family Equidae, which includes the modern horses, zebras, and asses, all in the genus Equus, as well as more than 60 species known only from fossils. Equines descended from the dawn horse (see Eohippus). cases and national 2004 surveillance maps from USGS USGS United States Geological Survey (US Department of the Interior) ), a West Nile virus archive, clarification about the West Nile virus vaccine, information on prevention and control of West Nile virus, information on infection in equine and other livestock or poultry, guidelines guidelines, n.pl a set of standards, criteria, or specifications to be used or followed in the performance of certain tasks. for investigating suspected equine cases of West Nile virus, a fact sheet on the West Nile virus, and state and local government links. |
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