Wyoming reports Vesicular Stomatitis outbreak

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Wyoming reports Vesicular Stomatitis outbreak
Posted by Staff on August 12, 2015

The Vesicular Stomatitis (VS) outbreak continues to expand in Wyoming. Cases have been reported in horses on 6 different premises in Goshen County to date. Eight premises in Platte County have recently been quarantined. Cases in Platte County involve both horses and cattle...

 

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Vesicular stomatitis outbreak continues to expand
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The vesicular stomatitis outbreak continues to expand in Wyoming. Cases have been reported in horses on six different premises in Goshen County to date. Eight premises in Platte County have recently been quarantined. Cases in Platte County involve both horses and cattle.

The main symptoms of VSV are slobbering, blisters, sores and sloughing of skin in the mouth, on the tongue, on the muzzle, inside the ears and on the coronary band above the hooves. Lameness and weight loss may also occur. VSV-infected horses and/or cattle have been found already in 2015 in Colorado, New Mexico, South Dakota, Texas, Utah and Arizona. VSV can threaten other livestock species, including sheep, goats and pigs...

 

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Source: http://oilcitywyo.com/2015/10/06/ve...ers-looking-forward-to-the-first-hard-frosts/

Vesicular Stomatitis Outbreak now reported statewide; Animal owners looking forward to the first hard frosts

(Riverton, Wyo.) ? Wyoming State Veterinarian Dr. Jim Logan in Riverton said this week the the Vesicular Stomatitis Virus (VSV) outbreak has now been documented throughout the state.

The disease is manifested primarily in horses, but also cattle and other hooved animals, he said. The symptoms include slobbering, blisters that pop and break open leading to a raw open sore on the tongue, lips and sometimes on the coronary band above the hooves of horses and in the udder and genital area of cattle and other hooved animals, including sheep, pigs and goats. The symptoms can also appear on the muzzle and inside the ears of horses...