Four New Missouri Premises Confirmed With VSV
Edited Press Release
July 31, 2020
McDonald is the state’s newest vesicular stomatitis virus-infected county.
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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.
The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services had confirmed EEE cases in Baker, Holmes, and Jackson counties.
The horses lived at the same Suffolk County farm.
The Eastern equine encephalomyelitis fatality rate in horses exceeds 90%. Horses act as sentinels for human risk.
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