Aerial spraying in Dorr Township is scheduled for Monday, Sept. 21, in the wake of reports Friday of a deceased deer with Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE).
There have been 31 cases of EEE in animals reported across Michigan, with one confirmed deer in Dorr Township. Additional animal cases are currently under investigation and there is one confirmed human case of EEE in Barry County.
The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services has scheduled a1 mosquito control treatment on a five–mile radius from where the EEE positlve deer was found.
Aerial spraying is completed by a low–flying aircraft, beginning at dusk and continuing: until 4:30 the next morning. Mosquito control professionals will apply an approved pesticide as an ultra-low volume (ULV) spray, dispensing very fine aerosol droplets that stay suspended in the air and kill adult mosquitoes on contact.
Mosquitos are present and will remain active until there is a hard freeze with the temperature dropping below 28 degrees for an extended period of time.
The Allegan County Health Dept. reminds residents that infections can happen, even when mosquito bite numbers are low. Avoid mosquito bites and the diseases they carry.
