Colorado VS: 42 Locations Quarantined in 14 Counties

Officials say prolonged warm temperatures in Colorado this fall have spurred vesicular stomatitis transmission.
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As of  Oct 7, 2015, the Colorado Department of Agriculture’s (CDA) state veterinarian’s office has 42 locations in 14 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
Archuleta 1 10
Boulder 1 2
Chaffee 0 1
Conejos 0 4
Delta 2 37
Douglas 0 1
Fremont 5 0
Garfield 4 0
Gunnison 0 1
Jefferson 0 7
La Plata 0 13
Larimer 2 45
Las Animas 0 2
Logan 1 0
Mesa 5 42
Mineral 1 0
Moffat 1 0
Montezuma 0 11
Montrose 1 37
Ouray 0 4
Pueblo 0 1
Rio Blanco 0 2
Rio Grande 2 3
Routt 0 1
Washington 1 0
Weld 14 9
Totals 42 234

“The prolonged warm temperatures in this season have been favorable for vesicular stomatitis transmission,” said State Veterinarian Keith Roehr, DVM. “It is important for livestock owners to continue with fly control until we have a hard freeze as flies are the main means of transfer of VS. 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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