The New Mexico Livestock Board is asking owners to check their livestock for vesicular stomatitis after a horse was discovered Monday infected with the virus on a property in Otero County, a NMLB spokeswoman said.

The property is located outside of Tularosa with a low density of livestock population. The infected horse is among a herd of five equines.

NMLB spokeswoman Katie Goetz said none of the five horses have been off the property in a year. Read more…