[RC] Vesicular Stomatitis Embargo-some may already know - Mary Ann Spencer
Sount this on another
website and thought I would share it. Some of us do a lot of
traveling and especially at the last minute.
Vesicular Stomatitis
Embargo Posted: Sep 20, 2004 at
8:24 AM
I am re-posting this information per admin's request since
it was accidently lost....This past weekend we had our KQHA Ride (which
went great) at Willow Creek KY. A couple from OK came to the ride but were
sadly turned away by the Ag Inspectors because they did not have the
proper vet certificate and blood test done. It stressed to me the
importance of not only checking with my vet prior to traveling, but also
checking the Dept of Ag sites for the states I am going to and the one I
am from. Almost no one knew of the KY embargo regarding Vesicular
Stomatitis from certain affected states. According to the KDA website (go
to www.kyagr.com and
look for health and then additional requirements for VS) and the Ag
Inspectors, you are prohibited from entering KY if you are from a portion
of TX (mostly west and central, but look at map and boundary descriptors),
CO and NM. These are considered affected states. If you live in a state
with a common border to an affected state you must have been examined
within 5 days of arriving in KY and have a certificate stating by the vet
that basically states your horse shows no signs of VS nor has VS. Also, a
negative test for VS must be obtained within 10 days of arrival. This is a
C-Elisa test and from what the inspectors said, takes about 48 hrs to
process. States considered to be border states are WY, AZ, AR, OK, LA, NE,
UT and part of TX (east). If you are from the non-embargoed part of TX,
you must also have an entry permit from KY in addition to the bordering
state requirements. These are the current requirements for entering KY in
addition to the normal 30-day health certificate and Coggins Test. You
will not even, as we found with the couple from OK, be allowed to let your
horse unload at any time while in KY and must leave at once. You will also
be either given a written warning and most likely a citation. I am putting
this on here because I had no idea of any of this and think the ES site
could be a good avenue to help with the flow of this type of info. This
isn't a big scare, but they do not want this condition to spread or become
an epidemic as it did several yrs ago in CO. KY's horse industry is such a
huge financial part of our state that these requirements are being
enforced. I am not sure of other states. I will post a description of VS.
