Question of the Day

Vesicular stomatitis (VS) can occur in epidemics and appears clinically identical to foot and mouth disease (FMD).

Can see VS in HORSES, pigs, cows. FMD is mainly in pigs and cows (NOT horses!!).

VS DOES occur in the U.S. and it is one of the big rule-outs among vesicular diseases (remember the big 8: BVD, IBR, BPS, MCF, bluetongue, VS, FMD, rinderpest).

In 2011, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) officially declared that rinderpest was eradicated globally. But because it is a classic, severe, reportable, stomatitis-type disease, it’s unlikely that vets will be allowed to forget rinderpest on DDXs for years.