First West Nile case confirmed in Colorado

RBC | Rio Blanco County’s first confirmed case of West Nile Virus was announced Tuesday with the word that a horse located along County Road 7 (Strawberry) had died following a bout with the virus.
West Nile Virus is commonly carried by infected birds, which then are bitten by mosquitoes, which transmit the virus to the horses.
Ranchers are urged to rid their property of stagnant pools of water, which are the most-common breeding grounds…