Vesicular stomatitis outbreak continues unabated
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The outbreak of vesicular stomatitis affecting Colorado in addition to Texas shows no signs of abating, amongst 343 horses infected since May.
The bulk of cases inwards horses – 265 – accept been inwards Colarado, amongst 78 reported inwards Texas. The outbreak has too affected 3 cattle inwards Colorado in addition to 7 inwards Texas.
Latest figures released yesteryear the Animal in addition to Plant Health Inspection Service, a partition of the USA Department of Agriculture, showed the bulk of recent cases accept been inwards Colorado.
Its August xx update revealed 55 novel premises had been confirmed across the 2 states since its concluding update, on August 13. Fifty-three of those properties were inwards Colorado in addition to 2 inwards Texas.
APHIS gave the next breakdown of the latest cases.
Texas
- Bastrop County, Texas – 2 horses on 2 premises
Colorado
- Adams County, Colorado – 8 horses on 7 premises
- Boulder County, Colorado – xiii horses on 12 premises
- Jefferson County, Colorado– five horses on five premises
- Larimer County, Colorado – xix horses on eighteen premises
- Weld County, Colorado – xv horses on xi premises
To date, 241 premises amongst positive cases accept been identified inwards the 2 states, amongst 186 of them inwards Colorado in addition to 55 inwards Texas.
Eight counties accept been affected inwards Colorado: Adams, Boulder, Broomfield, Douglas, El Paso, Jefferson, Larimer, in addition to Weld.
Eleven counties accept been affected inwards Texas: Bastrop, Falls, Guadalupe, Hidalgo, Jim Wells, Kinney, Nueces, San Patricio, Travis, Val Verde, in addition to Williamson.
Of the 241 positive premises, 234 accept involved horses in addition to 7 accept involved cattle.
Positive premises are eligible for quarantine unloosen 21 days afterward lesions accept healed inwards all affected animals.
To date, xi premises inwards Texas accept been released from quarantine: i inwards Kinney County, 2 inwards Nueces County, 2 inwards San Patricio County, 2 inwards Hidalgo County, i inwards Jim Wells County, i inwards Val Verde County, i inwards Guadalupe County, in addition to i inwards Travis County.
Two premises inwards Colorado accept been released from quarantine: i inwards Boulder County in addition to i inwards Weld County).
There are thirty farther properties inwards Texas in addition to 49 inwards Colorado on a 21-day countdown to quarantine release.
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