Source:
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service of the United States Department
Comments: Since the last situation report (2/23/2026), there has been one (1) new confirmed VSV positive equine premises identified in Arizona (Yavapai County – new affected county). All confirmed cases in the 2025-26 outbreak have been vesicular stomatitis New Jersey virus (VSNJV) serotype. Updates are as follows: Yavapai County (New Affected County) – 1 equine premises confirmed VSV positive • Since the last situation report (2/23/2026), no additional VSV-affected premises have been released from quarantine. Premises that have diagnostic laboratory confirmation of VSV are categorized as confirmed positive premises. Once a county is confirmed as VSV-positive, new equine premises presenting with clinical signs of VSV in that county are not required to be tested for confirmation of the disease, but the premises will be quarantined and classified as a presumptive positive premises. Premises may also be classified as presumptive positive if clinical animals on the premises fail to meet confirmed case definition, but there is diagnostic laboratory evidence of recent VSV infection. Quarantines Confirmed and presumptive positive premises are quarantined for at least 14 days from the onset of lesions in the last affected animal on the premises.;
For more information, go to https://www.aphis.usda.gov/livestock-poultry-disease/cattle/vesicular-stomatitis