Vesicular Stomatitis Spreads in Colorado, Texas, and New Mexico – Business Solutions for Equine Practitioners



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VSV Card 11 July 2019

According to the July 11, 2019 status report of the Vesicular Stomatitis Virus (VSV) of the USDA 2019, vesicular stomatitis has spread in Colorado, New Mexico and Texas. Here are the details.

Colorado

In La Plata County, two cases of infection with vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV) have been confirmed. This was confirmed on July 10th. This is the first report of vesicular stomatitis in this municipality in 2019.

Five additional equine facilities were confirmed in Larimer County with positive cases of VS and two equine facilities were clbadified as "suspects" in this county. The USDA noted that once a county is confirmed as being VSV positive, new equine facilities exhibiting clinical signs of VSV in that county do not need to be tested. be tested to confirm the disease, but the premises will be quarantined and clbadified as suspicious.

Five other equine VSV-infected establishments were also confirmed and 3 new equine facilities clbadified as "suspect" in Weld County.

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