Skip Navigation Menu
Government of Ontario Central Web Site Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
Return to Home Page Government of Ontario Central Web Site Contact us for questions and comments Site map Version française de cette site web
Information Channels Public Information Health Care Providers News Media Text Only Version
Index Health Care Providers Section
West Nile virus : 2002 Archive

Horses

The chart below shows horses in Ontario that have tested positive or presumed positive for West Nile virus (WNv) in 2002.

Region First Case Last Case Total
Brant September 24, 2002 November 14, 2002 4 (confirmed)
Chatham-Kent September 3, 2002 September 11, 2002 3 (confirmed)
Haldimand-Norfolk September 9, 2002 October 18, 2002 9 (confirmed)
Halton September 10, 2002 October 4, 2002 4 (confirmed)
Hamilton-Wentworth August 22, 2002 October 1, 2002 3 (confirmed)
Lambton September 3, 2002 October 22, 2002 6 (confirmed)
Middlesex-London September 30, 2002 September 30, 2002 1 (confirmed)
Niagara August 29, 2002 October 25, 2002 12 (confirmed)
Northwestern September 3, 2002 October 2, 2002 1 (confirmed)
1 (probable)
Ottawa September 16, 2002 September 16, 2002 1 (confirmed)
Oxford September 17, 2002 October 23, 2002 2 (confirmed)
1 (probable)
Parry Sound-Muskoka October 16, 2002 October 16, 2002 1 (confirmed)
Perth September 20, 2002 September 20, 2002 1 (confirmed)
Toronto September 4, 2002 September 19, 2002 6 (confirmed)
Waterloo September 9, 2002 November 19, 2002 4 (confirmed)
1 (probable)
Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph September 26, 2002 September 26, 2002 1 (confirmed)
Windsor-Essex August 19, 2002 November 1, 2002 38 (confirmed)
3 (probable)
York August 26, 2002 September 10, 2002 4 (confirmed)
ONTARIO TOTAL 101 confirmed
6 probable

For more information about horses and West Nile virus, refer to the Ministry of Agriculture and Food (OMAF) or contact Dr. Paul Innes of OMAF at (519) 846-3407.


See also:
For more information
Call the ministry INFOline at 1-866-532-3161
(Toll-free in Ontario only)
TTY 1-800-387-5559
Hours of operation : 8:30am - 5:00pm
Go to top of page
|  return to program menu |
|  home  |  central site  |  contact us  |  site map  |  français  |

This site maintained by the government of Ontario, Canada.