On May 22, the National Veterinary Services Laboratories in Ames, Iowa, confirmed vesicular stomatitis New Jersey virus (VSNJV) on an equine premises in Sandoval County, New Mexico. One horse out of three on the premises had compatible clinical signs and was VSNJV-positive by both polymerase chain reaction (PCR) on swabs of the lesions and competitive enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (cELISA) on serology. This is the index case of VSV for New …
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