Two New Vesicular Stomatitis Cases Confirmed in Colorado
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 Dr. Josie Traub-Dargatz
In its Nov. 7, 2019, Situation Report the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Department of Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) confirmed two new vesicular stomatitis (VSV)-positive premises in Colorado.

The Nov. 7 report also corrected its Oct. 31 report of a VSV-positive premises in Duchesne County, Utah. The affected premises should have been reported as being in Uintah County.

Since the Oct. 31 Situation Report, two previously VSV-infected premises have been released form quarantine: one in Sherman County, Kansas, and one in Morrill County, Nebraska.

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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

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