VSV Embargo

With documentation received late yesterday evening that three animals in Reeves County, Texas have been diagnosed with Vesicular Stomatitis, Kentucky's Administrative Regulation 302 KAR 20:115 (see below) now prohibits the entry of all livestock, wild and exotic animals from entering Kentucky from Texas. In addition no livestock, wild or exotic animals which have been in Texas during the previous thirty (30) days will be permitted entry into Kentucky.

States which are sending equidae into Kentucky that are required to be accompanied with a negative Vesicular Stomatitis test are Arizona, Arkansas, Louisiana and Oklahoma.

302 KAR 20:115. Vesicular stomatitis.
RELATES TO: KRS 257.030
STATUTORY AUTHORITY: KRS 257.030
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY: Sets forth the requirements for entry into Kentucky livestock that has been exposed to vesicular stomatitis.

Section 1. General Provisions.
(1) Prohibited entry into Kentucky.
(a) Livestock, wild or exotic animals shall not be permitted entry into Kentucky from any state in which vesicular stomatitis has been diagnosed.
(b) Livestock, wild or exotic animals shall not be permitted entry into Kentucky which have been in any state, during the thirty (30) days prior to the animals entry into Kentucky, which has had vesicular stomatitis diagnosed in the state.
(c) Livestock, wild or exotic animals shall not be permitted entry into Kentucky from any state which does not have in place adequate requirements, as determined by the chief livestock health official in Kentucky, governing the entry of such animals from states which have had vesicular stomatitis diagnosed.

(2) Vaccination.
(a) Livestock, wild or exotic animals in Kentucky shall not be vaccinated with an autogenous vesicular stomatitis virus vaccine and issued a conditional license by the United States Depart-ment of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service. (b) Livestock, wild or exotic animals which have been vaccinated with an autogenous vesicular stomatitis virus vaccineand issued a conditional license by the USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service shall not be permitted entry into Kentucky.

(3) Testing.
All equidae, including suckling foals, originating from a state which has a common border with a state in which vesicular stomatitis has been diagnosed, shall be negative to either a serum neutralization test or a complement fixation test for the New Jersey strain of vesicular stomatitis within thirty (30) days prior to the animal's entry into Kentucky. The testing must be completed in a laboratory approved by the USDA's National Veterinary Services Laboratory. The certificate of veterinary inspection shall include the following:
(a) Testing laboratory;
(b) Test date;
(c) Accession number;
(d) Test results; and
(e) Complete name, address, city and state of both the consignor and consignee.

(4) Other requirements.
All other entry requirements as found in 302 KAR 20:040 shall be met in full.

(22 Ky.R. 1179; eff.2-12-96.)