Wyoming Livestock Board

Several dogs and a person in Laramie County have recently been diagnosed with leptospirosis.

With the official start of summer rapidly approaching, more and more Wyomingites are heading to the state's lakes, but summer also means the possible return of blue-green algae. In a news release Monday, the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality is advising the public to be on the lookout for blue-green algae, or cyanobacteria blooms in the state's lakes...

CHEYENNE — A horse in Wyoming has tested positive for a virus that can cause painful sores in infected animals, according to the Associated Press Wyoming Livestock Board officials said Thursday the horse that tested positive for vesicular stomatitis is the first case diagnosed in the state this year. ...

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A viral disease that usually affects deer has shown up in a cow in eastern Wyoming. The Wyoming Livestock Board says the affected cow is now recovering from Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease. EHD is spread by insects often located near water sources...

Livestock officials have confirmed three cases of brucellosis in cattle from the northern part of the state. The three confirmed cases are the first since February.

The Wyoming Livestock Board declared a new order for every horse entering the state must be inspected by a veterinarian.

According to a press release from the Wyoming Legislative Services Office, Senator Gerald Geis and Representative Mark Semlek, Co-chairmen of the Joint Agriculture, State and Public Lands and Water Resources Interim Committee, have announced the Committee will meet May 2 and 3, 2011 at 8:30 a.m. in the Platte County Library Meeting Room in Wheatland, Wyoming.