Number of Missouri VSV Cases Continues to Climb
Edited Press Release
August 3, 2020
USDA/APHIS has announced four new confirmed positive and one new suspect premises.
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USDA/APHIS has announced four new confirmed positive and one new suspect premises.
Twenty-two Kansas counties currently contain premises under vesicular stomatitis quarantine. The newly affected counties include Crawford and Franklin.
Officials have confirmed one new positive equine premises.
McDonald is the state’s newest vesicular stomatitis virus-infected county.
Riley joins growing list of Kansas counties with vesicular stomatitis virus outbreaks.
Three of four equids on one premises have tested positive for vesicular stomatitis virus.
Thirteen Oklahoma premises in seven counties remain under quarantine due to vesicular stomatitis.
Twenty-three premises in the state are currently quarantined due to vesicular stomatitis.
Nineteen Kansas counties now contain quarantined premises.
Gage County currently contains the state’s only VSV-quarantined premises.
The Clay County horse was subsequently euthanized.
The Scott County mare is reportedly recovering after being treated for West Nile virus.
The ponies mark case numbers 13 and 14 for Florida in 2020. Both were euthanized.
An unvaccinated mare was euthanized after testing positive for Eastern equine encephalomyelitis. A weanling suspected of having the disease after showing clinical signs was also euthanized.
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Kansas counties with vesicular stomatitis virus cases on newly identified premises include Allen, Cherokee, Coffey, Elk, Labette, Lyon, Miami, Neosho, and Wilson.
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