{"id":2466,"date":"2023-10-02T21:12:27","date_gmt":"2023-10-03T04:12:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.venturacounty.gov\/?p=2466"},"modified":"2025-12-02T16:08:40","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T00:08:40","slug":"bird-tests-positive-for-west-nile-virus-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.venturacounty.gov\/en\/bird-tests-positive-for-west-nile-virus-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Bird tests positive for West Nile Virus"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2466\" class=\"elementor elementor-2466\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-636dcd4a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"636dcd4a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-56b7a5e0\" data-id=\"56b7a5e0\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6f43607b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6f43607b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>VENTURA, California \u2013 On October 2, 2023, the Ventura County Environmental Health Division (Division) received confirmation from the California Department of Public Health that a bird collected during the third week of September from the Newbury Park area tested positive for West Nile Virus (WNV). WNV is established in Ventura County and additional WNV positives are expected.<\/p><p>The Division monitors and controls mosquito breeding sources throughout Ventura County. All mosquito breeding sources in the area where the birds were collected will be inspected and treated if evidence of mosquito breeding is observed.<\/p><p>The Division also advises the public to take the following precautions to minimize exposure to WNV: Eliminate standing water from your property; make sure doors and windows have tight-fitting screens without holes; when outdoors wear long pants and long-sleeved shirts and limit activity especially at dawn and dusk; and when outdoors apply insect repellent.<\/p><p>WNV can not only affect humans but can also affect horses. For information on WNV in horses, the owners should contact their veterinarian.<\/p><p>To report any potential mosquito breeding sources in Ventura County the public can call the mosquito complaint HOTLINE at 805\/658-4310. The Division also provides mosquito eating fish to the public to use in non-maintained swimming pools, ornamental ponds, and similar water features. To request mosquito-eating fish call 805\/662-6582. To report wild birds that have died recently call the California Department of Public Health at 877\/WNV-Bird (877\/968-2473).<\/p><p>To obtain information about mosquito control and surveillance efforts in Ventura County please visit the Division\u2019s website:<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/rma.venturacounty.gov\/divisions\/environmental-health\/vector-control-program\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/rma.venturacounty.gov\/divisions\/environmental-health\/vector-control-program<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VENTURA, California \u2013 On October 2, 2023, the Ventura County Environmental Health Division (Division) received confirmation from the California Department of Public Health that a bird collected during the third [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":2355,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2466","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.venturacounty.gov\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2466","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.venturacounty.gov\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.venturacounty.gov\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.venturacounty.gov\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.venturacounty.gov\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2466"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news.venturacounty.gov\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2466\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.venturacounty.gov\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2355"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.venturacounty.gov\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2466"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.venturacounty.gov\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2466"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.venturacounty.gov\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2466"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}