Colorado VS: 64 Locations in 16 Counties Quarantined
- Topics: Article, Vesicular Stomatitis
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As of Sept. 10, the Colorado Department of Agriculture’s (CDA) state veterinarian’s office has 64 locations in 16 counties under quarantine after horses, mules, and cattle herds tested positive for vesicular stomatitis (VS).
County | Number of Currently Quarantined Premises | Number of Quarantines Released |
---|---|---|
Archuleta | 3 | 9 |
Boulder | 1 | 0 |
Chaffee | 0 | 1 |
Conejos | 1 | 2 |
Delta | 3 | 34 |
Douglas | 1 | 0 |
Gunnison | 0 | 1 |
Jefferson | 4 | 2 |
La Plata | 2 | 11 |
Larimer | 8 | 32 |
Las Animas | 0 | 2 |
Mesa | 23 | 13 |
Montezuma | 0 | 11 |
Montrose | 5 | 33 |
Ouray | 1 | 2 |
Pueblo | 1 | 0 |
Rio Blanco | 2 | 0 |
Rio Grande | 3 | 2 |
Weld | 5 | 3 |
Totals | 64 | 158 |
“This outbreak is not contained to one specific area of the state,” said State Veterinarian Keith Roehr, DVM. “In the last two weeks, we had new VS cases diagnosed in Douglas, Garfield, and Rio Blanco counties. Some counties that had a significant number of cases have seen their number of current cases subside—Montrose and Delta counties—and yet we have seen a significant increase of new cases in Mesa County. I encourage all livestock owners to be aware of their county status and take the proper precautions to prevent insect populations on their property.”
A 2014 outbreak of VS created 556 livestock investigations in Colorado resulting in 370 quarantines with the final quarantines released in January 2015.
A number of species are susceptible to VS, including horses, mules, cattle, bison, sheep, goats, pigs, and camelids. The clinical signs of the disease include vesicles, erosions, and sloughing of the skin on the muzzle, tongue, and teats and above the hooves of susceptible livestock. Vesicles are usually only seen early in the course of the disease
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