Three of four equids on one premises have tested positive for vesicular stomatitis virus. | Photo: Wikimedia Commons

The first horse began showing clinical signs on July 19. Two other horses on the private equine property subsequently showed signs and tested positive. A fourth equid on the premises—a donkey—has not been affected. No other susceptible species reside on the property, and no recent animal movements have occurred on or off the premises.

Premises with confirmed positive and suspect cases are quarantined and monitored by veterinarians for at least 14 days from the onset of lesions in the last animal affected.

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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