USDA Confirms Eight New VSV-Affected Premises
Edited Press Release
October 22, 2019
Colorado and Wyoming have newly confirmed positive and suspect premises.
Colorado and Wyoming have newly confirmed positive and suspect premises.
The affected horses resided in Dallas and Kaufman counties.
All other horses on the premises received preventive vaccination after the diagnosis.
The Utah Department of Agriculture and Food has enacted an official quarantine.
A third Ashtabula County horse has succumbed to the mosquito-borne disease.
The horse is reported as affected and alive.
Allegan joins the list of Michigan counties affected with equine cases.
The diagnosis marks Tuolumne County’s first case for 2019.
Lake County’s first case brings the state’s equine case total to eight.
The young Powell County horse succumbed to the mosquito-borne disease.
This case marks Crook County’s first-ever WNV case.
The status of the Hillsborough County horse is unknown.
No new VSV-infected premises were identified in Nebraska or Utah. Colorado and Wyoming added new cases and premises.
These confirmations bring the state’s 2019 total of affected equines to 12.
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All five horses, from three widespread counties, were unvaccinated.
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