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Show 20 Farm & Ranch April 2004 Plans for spraying and more to combat WNV The Utah Department of Agriculture and Food (UDAF) received $500,000 from the 2004 Utah Legislature to expand mosquito spraying in areas outside the state's established mosquito abate- panded spraying program. The committee's first action will be to survey mosquito breeding grounds and identify potential spraying areas. The following is a list of agencies or groups named to mosquito abatement districts, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, local health departments, Ute and Navajo Na- - ment districts. The spraying is intended to target mosquitoes that carry the West Nile Virus (WNV). horse last year with the recommended number of shots, Owners then a single "booster" shot The Utah Department of will be sufficient this year. If Agriculture and Food (UDAF) you have not vaccinated your is strongly advising horse animal yet, you are advised owners throughout the state to get a series of two shots administered three to six weeks apart. You can obtain the vaccine from most local veterinarian. ing program. Advice for Utah Horse Horse owners can protect State and local health their animals by applying approved repellants to the animals and by controlling mos- agencies, mosquito abatement districts as well as the UDAF and others continue to prepare for a second and presumably more intense WNV year in 2004. The expanded quitoes and mosquito breeding areas. Horse owners may also protect the animals by putting them in the barn or other enclosed structures. prevention and abatement program is one of several steps being taken to attempt to lessen the impact of WNV in Utah this year. Recently the UDAF met with various local, state and federal agencies and organizations concerned about the West Nile Virus. As a result of the meeting, a Decision and Action committee was formed to carry out the ex- - the committee: Utah Department of Agriculture and Food, Utah Department of Health, Utah Department of Natural Resources, state and local tion Councils, Utah Horse Council, and the Utah Farm Bureau. The committee will meet as needed to carry out the spray- - to protect their animals by vaccinating them for the West Nile Virus by April or May of this year. If you vaccinated your For more information about the West Nile Virus, please visit the Utah Department of Agriculture and Food's web page at: www.ag.utah.gov or the Utah Department of Health's web page: w'ww.health.utah.gov. Contact Larry Lewis at the UDAF for more information. 4 or (801) 538-710- or Dan S. Hunter - a banker who specializes in Farm & Agriculture Loans 514-215- 2. |