USDA Issues Updated VS Outbreak Situation Report
Vesicular stomatitis virus can cause blisters and sores in the mouth and on the tongue, muzzle, teats, or hooves of horses. | Photo: Courtesy Wyoming State Veterinarian's Office
Since its last Situation Report on July 24, the United States Department of Agriculture reported vesicular stomatitis (VS) outbreaks in:

  • Colorado (31 new confirmed positive and 72 new suspect premises),
  • New Mexico (nine new confirmed positive and six new suspect premises),
  • Texas (eight new confirmed positive and 30 new suspect premises), and
  • Wyoming (one new confirmed positive premises).

Colorado

Colorado equine cases involve the following counties:

  • Adams County (one new confirmed positive and one new suspect premises);
  • Archuleta County (two new confirmed positive premises);
  • Boulder County (eight new confirmed positive and 11 new suspect premises);
  • Jefferson County, new infected county (one confirmed positive premises);
  • La Plata County (27 new suspect premises);
  • Larimer County (12 new confirmed positive and 18 new suspect premises);
  • Mesa County, new infected county (five confirmed positive and two suspect premises);
  • Montezuma County (one new confirmed positive and five new suspect premises); and
  • Weld County (one new confirmed positive and eight new suspect premises).

The following previously VS-infected or suspect premises in Colorado have been released from quarantine: three in La Plata County, seven in Larimer County, and four in Weld County

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