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. | Photo: Courtesy Dr. Josie Traub-Dargatz

In its June Situation Report, the USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) identified two new Arizona premises with vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV). The newly affected premises are in Apache and Maricopa counties.

Since APHIS’s previous Situation Report (June 4), six Arizona premises have been released from quarantine in Apache, Cochise, Maricopa, Pinal, and Santa Cruz counties. Five Arizona premises are currently quarantined for VSV, all of which are in Apache and Maricopa counties.

Also since the June 4 Situation Report, five New Mexico premises (in Bernalillo, De Baca, Dona Ana, Grant, and Sierra counties) have been released from quarantine. No new cases have been confirmed in New Mexico and Texas, the other two states affected by VSV in 2020. No premises are currently quarantined in New Mexico; two premises remain quarantined in Kerr and McMullen counties in Texas