Vesicular stomatitis virus can cause blisters and sores in the mouth and on the tongue, muzzle, teats, or hooves of horses, cattle, swine, sheep, goats, llamas, and a number of other animals. Lesions usually heal in two or three weeks. | Photo: Courtesy Wyoming State Veterinarian's Office

Only one county, Clear Creek in Colorado, was confirmed as newly infected since Oct. 3. In all, Colorado had four new confirmed positive and three new suspect premises, and Wyoming had two new suspect premises identified that week.

Since the last situation report, the following previously VSV-infected or suspect premises were released from quarantine:

• Seventeen in Colorado;
• Three in Nebraska (all in Scotts Bluff County);
• One in Utah (Uintah County); and
• Nineteen in Wyoming.

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Vesicular stomatitis virus can cause blisters and sores in the mouth and on the tongue, muzzle, teats, or hooves of horses, cattle, swine, sheep, goats, llamas, and a number of other animals. Lesions usually heal in two or three weeks