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 Wyoming State Veterinarian's Office

In its Situation Report of Aug. 20, the USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) identified Johnson County, Kansas, with one new vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV)-suspect equine premises.

Since its last Situation Report on Aug. 13, six previously VSV-infected or suspect premises were released from quarantine in Butler, Cherokee, Coffey, Harvey, Morris, and Sedgwick counties