3 More Missouri Premises Confirmed With Equine VSV
Edited Press Release
July 20, 2020
Quarantined equine premises in the state now total four.
Quarantined equine premises in the state now total four.
APHIS has confirmed four new positive and seven new suspect premises with VSV in Kansas. Thirty-three premises in the state remain under quarantine.
Animal health authorities have released the last active premises, located in Maricopa County, from quarantine related to vesicular stomatitis.
APHIS announces 12 new confirmed positive and eight new suspect cases in the state.
A Newton County premises is under quarantine for vesicular stomatitis virus, with three cases.
While AHS doesn’t occur in horses in the United States, a current outbreak in Thailand, with a 94% mortality rate, illustrates the devastation possible when the disease affects a naive horse population.
The Gilchrist County horse was euthanized after contracting Eastern equine encephalomyelitis.
Fillies in Horry and Edgefield counties are the newest equine cases for 2020.
Montgomery County is confirmed as newly infected.
Buffalo County remains the only Nebraska county affected by vesicular stomatitis virus in 2020.
The unvaccinated horse was euthanized.
Four of five affected horses have succumbed to the illness.
The affected horse is reported as recovering.
None of the 39 exposed horses developed equine herpesvirus during the monitoring period.
Potentially exposed horses are being monitored for fever and clinical signs.
Oklahoma is the fifth state affected with vesicular stomatitis virus this year.
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