By Taylor Dodge
The owners of a stud horse worth thousands of dollars that contracted a mosquito-borne virus after travelling to Griffith are warning residents to be alert for signs of illness.
Veterinarians at Wagga Wagga’s Charles Sturt University Equine Centre are treating the stallion, but it is not yet known if it has Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) or the West Nile virus, which both come from mosquitoes.
Owner Vicki Storrier said there had been several other horses that had been taken to the CSU vets in Wagga with similar neurological symptoms to those her horse, Ransom, had been experiencing.
“They have sent blood samples to Queensland for testing to see if it is JEV, but because of the floods it may take a while before the results come back,” Mrs Storrier said.
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