The Louisiana Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory has confirmed positive mosquito samples for West Nile Encephalitis (WNV) from October 20, 2025, in Boutte (Zone 311). VDCI personnel will inspect the immediate area, increase sampling, enhance surveillance, and spray the affected areas on the evenings of October 23-25, 2025, (weather permitting) with truck-mounted sprayers. Elevated mosquito abatement operations will continue until mosquito numbers fall below established threshold levels.

Residents can take actions to protect themselves from bites, such as avoiding being outside at dawn and dusk, wearing pants and long sleeves, and using insect repellent containing DEET. To eradicate mosquito breeding sites, dump any standing water around your home.