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August 13, 2011 - 1:01 am

CARSON CITY — The Nevada Department of Agriculture reports a sick horse from Lyon County has tested positive for West Nile virus.

Agency officials told the (Gardnerville) Record-Courier that the tests showed it’s important for horse owners to vaccinate their animals to protect them from the sometimes deadly mosquito-borne illness. Mosquito surveillance pools from Lyon, Churchill and Clark counties have shown positive results for West Nile virus.

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