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ALMOST BEEKEEPING - RELATED TOPICS => OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES FORUM => Topic started by: Kathyp on May 18, 2007, 02:50:39 pm

Title: west nile
Post by: Kathyp on May 18, 2007, 02:50:39 pm

it's that time of the year again.  got to thinking about this when talking to a friend.  she complained that she'd been working in her garden and been chewed up by mesquites.  she also mentioned that she had not gotten around to immunizing her horses.

thought i'd mention it.  i hadn't been thinking about it either.  we have only had cases of west nile in oregon for the last two years or so.

it has taken years to make people aware of lyme disease.  west nile can be even worse for many. the neurological consequences can be long term and severe.  for horses that become symptomatic, there is a 50% loss either by death or loss of use.

Title: Re: west nile
Post by: Understudy on May 18, 2007, 08:08:43 pm

Yeah but what happened to SARS?  ;)

Sincerely,
Brendhan

Title: Re: west nile
Post by: Kathyp on May 18, 2007, 09:05:50 pm

i don't think you can get SARS working in your garden?

Title: Re: west nile
Post by: Understudy on May 18, 2007, 10:01:42 pm

Flesh eating bacteria maybe.

Sincerely,
Brendhan

Title: Re: west nile
Post by: Kathyp on May 18, 2007, 10:34:20 pm

yup, and tetanus and e. coli.....:-)  gardening is dangerous.

Title: Re: west nile
Post by: Cindi on October 09, 2007, 12:52:18 am

Kathy, old post, lost by the wayside.  Didn't hear too much of the West Nile Virus this year.  Was it more common down south than before?  Best of this great day, the wonderful life to go with it.  Cindi