{"id":9137,"date":"2019-09-07T09:10:02","date_gmt":"2019-09-07T15:10:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/?p=9137"},"modified":"2025-07-05T18:07:29","modified_gmt":"2025-07-06T00:07:29","slug":"9137","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/industry\/9137\/","title":{"rendered":"Vesicular Stomatitis (VSV) in Texas Situational Update No. 9"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NEWS RELEASE<br \/>\nTexas Animal Health Commission<br \/>\n\u201cServing Texas Animal Agriculture Since 1893\u201d<br \/>\nAndy Schwartz, DVM \u00a0Executive Director<br \/>\nP.O. Box l2966 \u00a0Austin, Texas 78711 \u00a0(800) 550-8242 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tahc.texas.gov\">www.tahc.texas.gov<\/a><br \/>\nFor more information contact the Public Information Dept. at 512-719-0750 or at <a href=\"mailto:public_info@tahc.texas.gov\">public_info@tahc.texas.gov<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>AUSTIN<\/strong> \u2013 Since Friday, August 30, 2019, the Texas Animal Health Commission has received reports of 1 new confirmed case of vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV) in Hill County and 1 new suspect case in Hays county.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/VSVTX9.png\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-9138 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/VSVTX9-276x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"276\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/VSVTX9-276x300.png 276w, https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/VSVTX9-300x326.png 300w, https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/VSVTX9.png 551w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 276px) 100vw, 276px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The newly confirmed and suspect premises are under quarantine by the TAHC. Affected horses and cattle will be monitored by regulatory and authorized veterinarians until premises are eligible for quarantine release 14 days after clinical VSV signs are observed.<br \/>\nTo date, 170 premises in 37 Texas counties have been quarantined for VSV. Currently affected counties include: Bell, Collin, Dallas, Ellis, Hays, and Hill counties. Of the 170 premises quarantined, 158 have been released.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Classification of Cases<\/strong><br \/>\nPremises that have laboratory diagnostic confirmation of VSV are categorized as confirmed positive premises. Once a county is confirmed as VSV-positive, new 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 suspect premises.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Summary of the Outbreak<\/strong><br \/>\nThe 2019 VSV outbreak began on June 21, 2019, when the National Veterinary Services Laboratories (NVSL) in Ames, Iowa confirmed the first VSV-positive premises in Kinney County, Texas. All cases of VSV had been found on equine premises until July 30, 2019 when the first case of VSV was confirmed in cattle in Gonzales County. New Mexico, Colorado, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Utah, and Wyoming broke with VSV cases confirmed by NVSL.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/VSVQ9.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-9139 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/VSVQ9.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"529\" height=\"759\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/VSVQ9.png 529w, https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/VSVQ9-209x300.png 209w, https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/VSVQ9-300x430.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 529px) 100vw, 529px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>What Veterinarians Need to Know:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Several states are imposing enhanced entry requirements on Texas livestock due to the VSV cases. For information, contact the state of destination. For a list of state animal health offices visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usaha.org\/upload\/Federal%20and%20State%20Health\/STATE_ANIMAL_HEALTH_OFFICIALS%20-%20Copy%201.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.usaha.org\/upload\/Federal%20and%20State%20Health\/STATE_ANIMAL_HEALTH_OFFICIALS%20-%20Copy%201.pdf<\/a>.<br \/>\nIf you suspect your client\u2019s horse has VSV, contact your TAHC Region Office for paperwork, procedures, and important sample submission information.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What Equine and Cattle Owners Need to Know:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: circle;\">\n<li>VSV is a viral disease that primarily affects horses and cattle.<\/li>\n<li>In the past decade, southwestern and western states have experienced a number of VSV outbreaks. Outbreaks usually occur during the warmer months, often along waterways.<\/li>\n<li>VSV normally has an incubation period of 2-8 days before the infected animal develops blisters that swell and burst, leaving painful sores. The virus can be transmitted through direct contact with infected animals or by blood-feeding insects.<\/li>\n<li>If VSV is confirmed, infected animals are quarantined for 14 days after clinical signs of lesions are observed. This short-term quarantine helps prevent the movement of animals and the spread of the disease to other premises, fairs or markets.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Strategies for Preventing VSV<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Even with the best defensive measures, VSV could infect a herd. However, these tips may help protect livestock:<br \/>\nControl biting flies<\/li>\n<li>Keep equine animals stalled or under a roof at night to reduce exposure to flies<\/li>\n<li>Keep stalls clean<\/li>\n<li>Don\u2019t visit a ranch that\u2019s under quarantine for VSV. Wait until the animals have healed<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>TAHC sends out VSV updates every Friday and all cases will be reported to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.equinediseasecc.org\/alerts\/outbreaks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Equine Disease Communication Center<\/a>. For VSV history and past TAHC updates <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tahc.texas.gov\/animal_health\/equine\/#vs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">click here<\/a>.To view the USDA 2019 VSV situation reports <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aphis.usda.gov\/aphis\/ourfocus\/animalhealth\/animal-disease-information\/cattle-disease-information\/vsv-reports\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEWS RELEASE Texas Animal Health Commission \u201cServing Texas Animal Agriculture Since 1893\u201d Andy Schwartz, DVM \u00a0Executive Director P.O. Box l2966 \u00a0Austin, Texas 78711 \u00a0(800) 550-8242 www.tahc.texas.gov For more information contact the Public Information Dept. at 512-719-0750 or at public_info@tahc.texas.gov AUSTIN \u2013 Since Friday, August 30, 2019, the Texas Animal Health Commission has received reports of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6697,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,53,27,14,885,1205],"tags":[1211,1180,1200,1212,1213,1214,1207,1215,1201,1217,1216,1210,1218,1206,1203,1219,1208,1209,1182,1183,1220,902,1221,1222,1223,1224,1199,1189,1225,1226,1184,1190,220,1227,219,1185,1188,1228,1164,1165,1186,1204],"class_list":["post-9137","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-disease-outbrake","category-equinews","category-government","category-industry","category-quarantine","category-texas-animal-health-commission","tag-37-texas-counties-quarantined","tag-bastrop-county","tag-bell-county","tag-bosque-county","tag-caldwell-county","tag-coleman-county","tag-collin-county","tag-coryell-county","tag-dallas-county","tag-earth-county","tag-eastland-county","tag-ellis-county","tag-falls-county","tag-gonzales-county","tag-guadalupe-county","tag-haskell-county","tag-hayes-county","tag-hill-county","tag-hood-county","tag-johnson-county","tag-kerr-county","tag-kinney-county","tag-lampasas-county","tag-mason-county","tag-mclennan-county","tag-mills-county","tag-national-veterinary-services-laboratories","tag-palo-pinto-county","tag-parker-county","tag-san-saba-county","tag-shackelford-county","tag-somervell-county","tag-tahc","tag-taylor-county","tag-texas-animal-health-commission","tag-tom-green-county","tag-travis-county","tag-val-verde-county","tag-vesicular-stomatitis-virus","tag-vsv","tag-wichita-county","tag-williamson-county"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9137","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9137"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9137\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9948,"href":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9137\/revisions\/9948"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6697"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9137"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9137"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9137"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}