Vesicular Stomatitis has been detected in several horses and on one cattle operation in Missouri prompting extra precautions for cattle being shown at the State Fair. Sami Jo Freeman, communications director for the Missouri Department of Agriculture, tells Brownfield Ag News, “Before animals are stalled or penned up we will be having a visual inspection for health purposes to see that all animals are free of the virus.”
She says Vesicular Stomatitis was first detected in a horse in Newton County, in southwest Missouri, July 14th, “As of the last USDA state rep we have five confirmed on equine premises and one on a cattle premises in Cedar County.”
Freeman says 16 premises have been released from quarantine in Newton, Lawrence and Jasper Counties.
