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1. Colorado VS: 91 Premises in 11 Counties Quarantined
By Edited Press Release
August 20, 2015
As of Aug. 19, the Colorado Department of Agriculture's (CDA) state veterinarian's office has 91 locations in 11 counties under quarantine after horses, mules, and cattle herds tested positive for vesicular stomatitis (VS).
County Number of Currently Quarantined Premises Number of Quarantines Released
Archuleta 4 2
Chaffee 0 1
Conejos 2 0
Delta 16 4
Gunnison 1 0
Jefferson 1 0
La Plata 6 0
Larimer 23 5
Mesa 11 0
Montezuma 5 1
Montrose 17 0
Weld 5 0
Totals 91 19
"This outbreak is not contained to one specific area of the state," said State Veterinarian Keith Roehr, DVM. "I encourage all livestock owners to be aware of their county status and take the proper precautions to prevent insect populations on their property."
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2. Ohio wildlife officials ramp up fight against fatal deer brain disease after 17 more positive tests
By D'Arcy Egan
The Plain Dealer
August 21, 2015
CLEVELAND, Ohio - Ohio wildlife officials proposed a need for the ability to create "disease surveillance zones" with special rules should a white-tailed deer test positive for Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD), a fatal brain disease that continues to spread among deer and elk in Ohio and around the country.
Chief Scott Zody of the Ohio Division of Wildlife revealed a large number of positives for CWD on a Homes County deer breeding farm when he proposed the system to the Ohio Wildlife Council at its meeting Wednesday. The areas would generally have a radius of about six miles. The first zone would cover parts of Homes and Wayne counties where two captive deer tested positive last October at World Class Whitetails, a deer farm and high-fence hunting operation.
Triggering the proposal were 17 additional deer testing positive for CWD in June after the World Class Whitetails herd of approximately 300 deer was euthanized. The exceptionally large number of positives for CWD were not revealed by the Ohio Department of Agriculture, which did the testing since the deer are considered livestock.
"We now need to move forward, take proactive tests of deer and ramp up our monitoring and surveillance of wild deer near the facility," said Zody, whose agency manages wild deer.
The biggest fear is CWD will be transmitted to wild Ohio deer, since 24 captive deer have escaped from the facility owned by Daniel Yoder. Many of the escaped deer have been killed and tested for CWD. While none tested positive, state wildlife experts say they can no longer assume CWD is confined to a fenced facility.
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3. Kentucky Reports First Equine WNV Case of 2015
By Erica Larson, News Editor
TheHorse.com
August 20, 2015
The Kentucky State Veterinarian's office has announced Aug. 20 that a Jefferson County horse has tested positive for West Nile virus (WNV), the first confirmed case in the commonwealth this year.
In a statement Kentucky Equine Programs manager E.S. "Rusty" Ford relayed that the 5-year-old Tennessee Walking Horse mare with no history of vaccination presented with acute ataxia (incoordination), lip paresis, and the inability to move backwards on Aug. 12. The horse is alive and reported to be showing improvement on Aug. 20.
In 2014 Kentucky confirmed four cases of WNV in horses on four premises.
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4. Pseudorabies detected in feral pig at Lake Mendocino [CA]
By Ukiah Daily Journal staff
Ukiah Daily Journal
August 21, 2015
Pseudorabies, a disease commonly found in domestic and feral pigs, has been detected in a feral pig within the Lake Mendocino wildlife area, according to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, which manages the lake.
The Corps said the virus is not transferable to humans, but could be fatal for dogs and other infected animals.
The United States Department of Agriculture confirmed the pseudorabies virus at the lake from a blood sample taken from a euthanized pig.
This marks the first time pseudorabies has been detected among the feral pig population in Mendocino County, says the Army Corps. There are no other known cases at this time.
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5. Animal Trial to Test Promising Vaccine for H1N1
Infection Control Today
August 210, 2015
An H1N1 vaccine developed at the University of Nebraska Medical Center will enter a definitive round of testing this month, and researchers hope to establish its ability to ward off the virus. Made possible by a licensing deal brokered through UNMC's technology transfer office, UNeMed Corporation, the study will evaluate the vaccine on 30 to 40 pigs. If tests yield results as expected, Prommune, Inc. could begin offering an H1N1 vaccine to hog farmers as early as the end of the year, although full approval from the USDA would likely take another three or four years.
Ultimately, an H1N1 vaccine as potentially effective as Prommune's could dramatically diminish the virus as a global threat to the world's pig population and could even lead to more effective vaccines for similar diseases in birds and perhaps humans.
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6. Second Virginia horse dies of EEE
By Kate Mishkin
The Virginian-Pilot
August 21, 2015
CHESAPEAKE -- Over one month after the state's first reported case of Eastern Equine Encephalitis, the disease claimed another Chesapeake horse, the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services announced.
The horse was a three-year-old Tennessee Walker mare from Chesapeake. The horse showed signs of the disease on Aug. 13 and was euthenized a day later. The horse's vaccination history is not known, but it had been purchased three weeks ago.
There was only one reported case of EEE last year in a horse from Suffolk.
Horse owners are encouraged to vaccinate their horses and to avoid mosquito-infected areas, as the illness is mosquito-borne. Horses should be vaccinated at least once a year, veterinarians say. The mortality rate for a horse with EEE or "sleeping sickness" is 80 to 90 percent.
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7. Health Officials: Rabies case came from bat [MS - edited]
Posted by Bob Burks
MSNewsNow.com
August 21, 2015
JACKSON, MS (Mississippi News Now) - State health officials say the type of rabies confirmed earlier this week in a cat in Starkville came from a bat. The is the first rabies case confirmed in a land animal in Mississippi since 1961.
Further testing of the cat's brain tissue confirmed that the cat was infected with rabies from a bat. Additionally, lab results of other animals found near the rabid cat were rabies-negative.
"We regularly identify bats with rabies in Mississippi, so these results tell us that the cat became infected after contact with an infected bat rather than contact with another animal," said Deputy State Epidemiologist Dr. Paul Byers. "However, this serves as a reminder to never touch or handle bats, and if you do have exposure to a bat, contact your local healthcare provider and your provider can contact the Mississippi State Department of Health for consultation."
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