Vesicular Stomatitis -- United States
A virus making horses ill in Colorado has been found in 11 counties; Larimer County is the hardest-hit area, with 70 confirmed cases of vesicular stomatitis [VSV].
Other counties are Adams, Archuleta, Boulder, Broomfield, Delta, La Plata, Mesa, Montezuma, Morgan and Weld, according to a Colorado Department of Agriculture news release.
Vesicular stomatitis can make eating and drinking painful for the horses, and they and other affected animals are quarantined. One bovine case in Boulder
Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?6592890&promed&0
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