Day: July 29, 2010

LANSING — State health officials are urging people to protect themselves and livestock from being bitten by mosquitoes after confirmation that a deadly mosquito-borne virus had killed at least five horses in Southwest Michigan as of Monday. The horses were killed by Eastern Equine Encephalitis, a viral brain disease, and tests on additional horses are pending, officials said. “We know of an additional three with test results pending, and there may be others that haven’t yet come to state’s attention,”  State Veterinarian Steven Halstead said Monday. “If we see more than three cases in a cluster we consider