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Emergency Management Warning 2: Positive Case of Vesicular Stomatitis in a Horse in the State of ArizonaThe National Veterinary Services Laboratories (NVSL) in Ames, IA, have confirmed the finding of vesicular stomatitis (VS) in a horse on a premises in Maricopa County, Arizona. This is the first case of VS detected in Arizona in 2005. Arizona had no cases of VS in 2004. The NVSL complement fixation (CF) test results showed that the ill horse had a four-fold increase in antibodies to the New Jersey strain of VS virus in paired sera collected on April 19 and April 27. No VS virus was isolated from this horse. The 5-year old gelding was purchased at auction about 3 weeks prior to the owner noticing "sores" in his mouth on April 16 and eventual sloughing of the dorsal epithelium of the tongue. APHIS Veterinary Services and the Arizona Department of Agriculture will continue to monitor the situation and conduct response activities in an effort to minimize trade restrictions. Please forward this information to your federal, State, and industry counterparts as necessary. For additional information on vesicular stomatitis please refer to the following APHIS webpage. http://www.aphis.usda.gov/lpa/issues/vs/vs.html If you have any questions about this situation, please feel free to call the Emergency Management Staff at 301-734-8073. -----definitions--------- Emergency Management Issue is for information with no impact on APHIS.
Page Updated May 6, 2005 Division of Animal Industry
Dr. Wayne Cunningham - State Veterinarian Dr. Keith Roehr - Assistant State Veterinarian, Pet Animal Care Facility Program Dr. John Maulsby - Assistant State Veterinarian, Bureau of Animal Protection Dr. Ron Ackerman - Director of Animal Health and Disease Control Dr. Jim Grady - Field Veterinarian West Slope Dr. Carl Heckendorf - Director of Livestock Emergency Preparedness Dr. John Cunningham - BSE & Foreign Animal Disease Coordinator |