KENTUCKY (WKYT) - The Lexington-Fayette County Health Department is warning residents about a recent increase in West Nile virus cases after four infections were reported in the city.

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For today’s Good Question, one viewer asks: Can West Nile virus impact pets?

Health leaders said it is very unlikely for healthy dogs or cats to become sick with the virus, though pets can become infected through mosquito bites the same way people do.

According to researchers at UC Davis Veterinary Medicine, dogs and cats are considerably more resistant to the disease than horses, humans and some species of birds.

Signs of possible infection in pets include weakness, fever and muscle spasms. Pet owners should eliminate mosquito

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