Nebraska’s First 2020 Case of Vesicular Stomatitis Confirmed
VSV 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 Dr. Josie Traub-Dargatz
In its June 24 Situation Report, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) confirmed Nebraska’s first case of vesicular stomatitis, with one horse on a Buffalo County premises testing positive for vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV), Indiana serotype.

Four horses live on the premises, two of which show clinical signs of muzzle and/or lip lesions that first appeared around June 17. No other susceptible species are housed there. Biosecurity protocols and vector mitigation have been enacted to curtail the spread of the virus within the herd.

Currently, four other states have been affected by VSV in 2020: Arizona, Kansas, New Mexico, and Texas. Two premises remain under quarantine in Arizona (Maricopa County) and 32 in Kansas (Butler, Cowley, and Sedgwick counties). All premises in New Mexico and Texas have been released from quarantine.

Veterinarians quarantine and monitor premises with confirmed positive and suspect cases for at least 14 days from the onset of lesions in the last animal affected

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