Hungary: A warning has been issued for West Nile fever

In addition to the increased attention of horse owners, Nébih asks that they notify their veterinarian immediately if symptoms of the disease arise. The resistance of the virus outside the living organism is small, it is maintained in the environment by birds and mosquitoes. Since the virus concentration reaches the required level only in birds, mosquitoes can only be infected by birds. The disease does not spread from one animal to another or to humans, the pathogen is directly transmitted only by mosquitoes. Diseases can therefore typically appear in greater numbers after mosquito bites (rain). Horses, donkeys, cattle, sheep, camels and humans are also susceptible to the virus. In the case of horses, the disease is associated with feverish general symptoms and nervous system symptoms caused by inflammation of the brain and spinal cord (loss of appetite, lacrimation, difficulty breathing, and after a few days weakness of the hind limbs, paralysis, death). Some of the horses die ...