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Updates on current disease outbreaks are listed here as they occur and will include the date listed, disease name, location and current status. Specific premises will not be named but the general location by town, county and state will be listed. When locations, events or horses are at risk they will be listed. Updates will be posted as they are received.

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Vesicular Stomatitis

Grant County; Otero County, NM

Alert ID: 21

May 04, 2015

On April 29, 2015, the National Veterinary Services Laboratories (NVSL) in Ames, Iowa, confirmed a finding of vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV) infection (New Jersey serotype) on a premises in Grant County, New Mexico. One horse on the premises has met the case definition of infection with compatible clinical signs and a four-fold change in positive complement fixation antibody titers. This is the 2015 VSV index case for the United States. Additionally, a horse on a second premises located in Otero County, New Mexico has met the subsequent premises case definition of VSV infection (New Jersey serotype) with compatible clinical signs and positive complement fixation antibody titer. Therefore, there are currently a total of two (2) VSV-positive premises under quarantine in New Mexico.

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