Kentucky state veterinarian Robert Stout, DVM, lifted an embargo last week on the importation of livestock, wild animals, and exotic animals into Kentucky from Colorado. This embargo had been enacted because of vesicular stomatitis (VS), and it was the last of the VS-related restrictions that began with an outbreak in Texas last May.

“These embargos have ended because there are no more active cases of vesicular stomatitis in these states,” Agriculture Commissioner Richie Farmer said. “I appreciate the efforts of Dr. Stout and our entire staff at the Division of Animal Health to keep this disease out of the Commonwealth