LANSING
State Veterinarian Nora Wineland, DVM, MS, DACVPM, released the following statement after the detection of West Nile virus (WNV) in a two-year-old horse from Missaukee County. This is the first case of WNV reported in a domestic animal for 2025.
“On Aug. 20, 2025, the horse became ill with neurologic signs, including being down with an inability to rise.
Subsequent testing revealed the horse …