Articles: Press Release
Hauling horses to New Mexico? Updated VS requirement
Contact:
Texas Animal Health Commission
Box l2966 * Austin, Texas 78711 * (800) 550-8242 * FAX (512) 719-0719
Bob Hillman, DVM * Executive Director
For info, contact Carla Everett, information officer, at 1-800-550-8242,
ext. 710, or ceverett@tahc.state.tx.us
During the vesicular stomatitis (VS) outbreak:
If you plan to haul Texas equine animals to New Mexico, be sure the
certificate of veterinary inspection
is issued within seven days prior to arrival in that state.
New
Mexico
updated their
vesicular stomatitis requirements Tuesday, June 30. (When Texas is free of
vesicular stomatitis,
certificates of veterinary inspection will again be valid for 30 days for
Texas equine animals entering New Mexico.)
For ALL livestock entering New Mexico, the New Mexico state veterinarian
requires the following statement
on the certificate of veterinary inspection:
The animals represented on this CVI (health certificate) have not originated
from a premises or
area under quarantine for vesicular stomatitis (VS), or a premises on which
VS has been diagnosed
in the past 21 days. I have examined the animals and have found no clinical
signs of VS.
You must have an entry permit, issued by the New Mexico Livestock Board, if
you are transporting
livestock to New Mexico from a county with vesicular stomatitis. (Currently
in Texas, vesicular stomatitis is
limited to STARR COUNTY in far south Texas.) The entry permit may be
obtained at no
charge by calling the New Mexico Livestock Board at 505-841-6161.
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