One waits around all day for an update and I'll be if it didn't happen right after I posted the first time on the subject. My apologies for back to back info. -Julie Ansley
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On July 18, the Texas Animal
Health Commission (TAHC) received confirmation of three new cases of Vesicular
Stomatitis (VS) in horses in Central Texas. One premises is located 4 miles
east of Webberville, TX in Bastrop County, one premises is located 1 mile
northwest of Webberville in Travis County, and one premises is located 8 miles
southeast of Seguin in Guadalupe County.
To date, 13 premises in eight
Texas counties have been confirmed with VS. Affected counties include(d):
Kinney, Hidalgo, San Patricio, Nueces, Jim Wells, Bastrop, Travis and Guadalupe
counties. The Kinney county premises and one premises in Nueces county have
been released from quarantine.
*Case= A premises; a location*
*Case= A premises; a location*
The newly identified infected
premises are currently under quarantine by the TAHC. Affected horses will be
monitored by regulatory veterinarians while under quarantine. Premises
are eligible for quarantine release 21 days after all lesions have healed. There
is no known exposure to other horses around the state, or at any equine events.