Colorado VS: Positive Diagnoses in 15 Counties

While 56 premises remain quarantined, the movement restrictions at 274 facilities have been released.
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As of Oct 21, 2015, the Colorado Department of Agriculture’s (CDA) state veterinarian’s office has 56 locations in 15 counties under quarantine after horses, mules, and cattle herds tested positive for vesicular stomatitis (VS).

County Number of Currently Quarantined Premises Number of Quarantines Released
Adams 1 0
Archuleta 0 11
Boulder 2 3
Broomfield 1 0
Chaffee 0 1
Conejos 0 4
Delta 1 39
Douglas 2 2
El Paso 17 1
Elbert 1 0
Fremont 11 6
Garfield 6 5
Gunnison 0 1
Jefferson 0 7
La Plata 1 13
Larimer 0 47
Las Animas 0 2
Logan 0 1
Mesa 2 47
Mineral 0 1
Moffat 0 1
Montezuma 0 11
Montrose 1 37
Ouray 0 4
Pueblo 0 1
Rio Blanco 0 2
Rio Grande 3 3
Routt 0 1
Washington 0 1
Weld 6 21
Totals 56 274

“This outbreak is not contained to one specific area of the state,” said state veterinarian Keith Roehr, DVM. In the last two weeks, we had new VS cases diagnosed in Adams, Broomfield, Elbert and El Paso Counties. Some counties that had a significant number of cases have seen their number of current cases subside (Montrose, Larimer, and Delta counties) and yet we have seen a significant increase of new cases in Fremont County. I encourage all livestock owners to be aware of their county status and take the proper precautions to prevent insect populations on their property.”

A 2014 outbreak of VS created 556 livestock investigations in Colorado resulting in 370 quarantines with the final quarantines released in January 2015.

A number of species are susceptible to VS, including horses, mules, cattle, bison, sheep, goats, pigs, and camelids. The clinical signs of the disease include vesicles, erosions, and sloughing of the skin on the muzzle, tongue, and teats and above the hooves of susceptible livestock. Vesicles are usually only seen early in the course of the disease

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