Living outside the metro gives you higher possibility of being attacked by mosquitoes. The tendency could be itchy, but that's not an issue except for a threat of West Nile Virus. Aside from humans, livestock is also in danger.

Mosquitoes and horses are common site in equine industry; hence, horses are exposed to virus such as West Nile which is now common nowadays. According to Grace Owen, Equine Medical Associates veterinary, "In horses about 30 percent of them result in a fatality or death of a horse so it's obviously a pretty sever disease." She added that despite the fact that 40% of them recovered from the virus the signs could still be visible. So, for these kinds of animals that are not capable of hitting of the bugs away from them, they need extra care and protection.

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The common signs of West Nile Virus are the following based on Mayo Clinic.

Fatigue
Fever
Eye pain
Swollen lymph glands
Headache
Skin rash
Body aches
Back pain

Dr. Owen said in order to lessen the number of mosquitoes, "Prevent stagnant water from forming, if you've got old tires that collect water, if you've got old water buckets collecting water, dump the water out, another things would be to put goldfish in there, they're really good at eating the larvae," according to News Channel 4.

The Department of Agriculture in Oklahoma said that as of this moment they do not a treatment for this, but to advice cattle owners to take extra precautions. The care for horses could not be enough, thus, owners should always check if signs are starting to show up depression and fever. Horses would act weird like they keep on circling aimlessly since they are not comfortable and they press their head.

There are vaccines for horses, so for those who have horses they can visit the nearest veterinarian to help. Although mild symptoms can be treated on their own but it is still safe and advisable to seek help and ask for necessary vaccines.

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