Posts Tagged ‘Sentinel Chicken’
EEE Found in NCCo Sentinel Chicken
A northern New Castle County sentinel chicken has tested positive for Eastern Equine Encephalitis or EEE. This is the first positive detection this summer in a sentinel chicken – it was tested on August 9th. There have been 5 positive cases of West Nile Virus in sentinel chickens, however, there have been no positive equine…
Read MoreSussex Man Tests Positive for West Nile Virus
A 60 year old Sussex County man is the first human case of West Nile Virus in Delaware this year. Delaware Public Health officials say he was briefly hospitalized in July – the blood test was confirmed by the CDC. There have been two crows in Sussex County that have tested positive for the illness…
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