Disease Alerts

Source: Clemson Livestock Poultry Health

Horry County 

Number Confirmed: 1;
Age: 1; Gender: Mare; Breed: Quarter Horse (QH); Clinical Signs: Not Reported; Horse Status: Euthanized; Vaccination Status: Status Unknown; (Outbreak Identifier 4727)

Edgefield County

Number Confirmed: 1;
Age: 2; Gender: Mare; Breed: Miniature Horse;
Clinical Signs: Not Reported; Horse Status: Recovering; Vaccination Status: Unvaccinated;

Notes: The horse is under voluntary quarantine. (Outbreak Identifier 4728)

For more information go to: https://aaep.org/sites/default/files/Documents/Outside%20Linked%20Documents/DiseaseFactsheet_EEE%20Cobranded.pdf

Source: Clemson Livestock Poultry Health

Number Confirmed: 1;
Age: Yearling; Gender: Stallion; Breed: Tennessee Walking Horse;
Horse Status: Euthanized; Vaccination Status: Unvaccinated;
Notes: This is the first EEE case in South Carolina for 2020. For more information about EEE go to https://aaep.org/sites/default/files/Documents/Outside%20Linked%20Documents/DiseaseFactsheet_EEE%20Cobranded.pdf;

Source: Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services

Holmes County
Number Confirmed: 3;
Age: 10; Gender: Mare; Breed: Quarter Horse (QH); Onset of Clinical Signs: 6/8/2020;
Horse Status: Euthanized;

Age: Suckling Foal; Gender: Gelding; Breed: Quarter Horse (QH); Onset of Clinical Signs: 6/9/2020;
Horse Status: Recovering;

Age: 1; Gender: Stallion; Breed: Quarter Horse (QH); Onset of Clinical Signs: 6/3/2020;
Horse Status: Euthanized;

Baker County
Number Confirmed: 1;
Age: 3; Gender: Gelding; Breed: Quarter Horse (QH); Onset of Clinical Signs: 6/17/2020;
Horse Status: Deceased; Vaccination Status: Undervaccinated;

Jackson County
Number Confirmed: 1;
Age: 3; Gender: Mare; Breed: Quarter Horse (QH); Onset of Clinical Signs: 6/29/2020;
Horse Status: Euthanized; Vaccination Status: Unvaccinated;

Source: Utah Department of Agriculture and Food

Number Confirmed: 1;
Age: 30;
Horse Status: Recovering; Vaccination Status: Unvaccinated;
Notes: None;

Source: Washington State Department of Agriculture

Number Confirmed: 1;
Number Exposed: 4;
Age: 13; Gender: Gelding; Breed: Quarter Horse (QH); Onset of Clinical Signs: 6/25/2020;
Clinical Signs: Enlarged Submandibular Lymph Nodes, Nasal Discharge; Confirmation Date: 6/29/2020; Horse Status: Affected And Alive; Vaccination Status: Unvaccinated;
Notes: Voluntary biosecurity measures and separation of animals are in place. Horse was purchased about 10 days prior to outbreak. No signs upon prepurchase.;

Source: United States Department of Agriculture

Notes: The USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has released a new situation report on July 7 2020 confirming vesicular stomatitis in 1 new premises in Buffalo County Nebraska. For more information go to https://www.aphis.usda.gov/animal_health/downloads/animal_diseases/vsv/sitrep-07-07-20.pdf

Source: United States Department of Agriculture

Notes:  The USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has released a new situation report on July 7, 2020 confirming vesicular stomatitis in the following Kansas counties: 3 new premises in Butler County, 1 new premises in Greenwood County, 1 new premises in Montgomery County and 2 new premises in Sedgwick County. For more information go to https://www.aphis.usda.gov/animal_health/downloads/animal_diseases/vsv/sitrep-07-07-20.pdf

Source: United States Department of Agriculture

Notes: The USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has released a new situation report on July 7, 2020 confirming vesicular stomatitis in 1 new premises in Washington County Oklahoma. This is the 2020 VSV index case for Oklahoma. For more information go to  https://www.aphis.usda.gov/animal_health/downloads/animal_diseases/vsv/sitrep-07-07-20.pdf

Source: Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development

Number Confirmed: 1;
Number Exposed: 2;
Age: 13; Gender: Mare; Breed: Quarter Horse (QH); Onset of Clinical Signs: 6/26/2020;
Clinical Signs: Fever, Lethargy, Nasal Discharge; Confirmation Date: Not Reported; Horse Status: Recovering; Vaccination Status: Unvaccinated;
Notes: None;

Source: Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture

Number Confirmed: 1;
Number Exposed: 39;
Age: 22; Gender: Gelding; Breed: Trakhener; Onset of Clinical Signs: 6/13/2020;
Clinical Signs: incoordination, Recumbency, Abnormal Urination; Confirmation Date: 6/17/2020; Horse Status: Euthanized; Vaccination Status: Status Unknown;
Notes: Update: 07/07/20: The quarantine has been revoked for the boarding facility in Allegheny County. No additional cases were identified. ;