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CDFA List of Reportable Conditions for Animals and Animal Products January 2021 ANIMAL HEALTH BRANCH LIST OF REPORTABLE CONDITIONS FOR ANIMALS AND ANIMAL PRODUCTS* *Pursuant to Section 9101 of the California Food and Agricultural Code, Title 3 California Code of Regulations § 797 and Title 9 Code of Federal Regulations Section 161.4(f) WHO MUST REPORT: Any licensed veterinarian, any person operating a diagnostic laboratory, or any person who has been informed, recognizes or should recognize by virtue of education, experience, or occupation, that any animal or animal product is or may be affected by, or has been exposed to, or may be transmitting or carrying any of the following conditions, must report that information. WHAT TO REPORT: Immediately report any animal disease not known to exist in the United States, any event with increased mortality and/or morbidity of unknown cause or source and any toxicology condition likely to contaminate animals or animal products (meat, milk or eggs). CALL IF YOU SEE: high morbidity or mortality, vesicles, CNS signs, uncommon ticks, hemorrhagic septicemias, unusual larvae in wounds, unusual or unexplained illness. Report any emergency, regulatory, or monitored condition within the provided time frame. Some diseases are listed under the major species of concern; if you see compatible signs for such conditions in another species, please report! EMERGENCY CONDITIONS REGULATORY CONDITIONS MONITORED CONDITIONS Report within 24 Hours of Discovery Report within Two Days of Discovery Report within 30 Days of Discovery MULTIPLE SPECIES MULTIPLE SPECIES MULTIPLE SPECIES • Brucellosis (B. melitensis, B. abortus, B. suis)1 • Bluetongue General, non-specific conditions: Unexplained high • Pseudorabies (Aujeszky’s disease) • Echinococcosis/hydatidosis (Echinococcus species) mortality or diseased animals; livestock exposed to toxic • Tuberculosis (Mycobacterium bovis)1 • Epizootic hemorrhagic disease substances. • Tularemia1 • Johne’s disease (Paratuberculosis; Mycobacterium avium paratuberculosis) • Anthrax (Bacillus anthracis)1 BOVINE • Leishmaniosis • Crimean Congo hemorrhagic fever1 • Q Fever (Coxiella burnetii) • Bovine brucellosis (Brucella abortus)1 • Foot-and-mouth disease 1 • Heartwater (Ehrlichia ruminantium) • Bovine tuberculosis (Mycobacterium bovis) BOVINE • Japanese encephalitis • Trichomonosis (Tritrichomonas foetus) • Anaplasmosis (Anaplasma marginale or A. centrale) • Melioidosis (Burkholderia pseudomallei) • Bovine cysticercosis (Taenia saginata) CAPRINE/OVINE • Rabies of livestock1 • Bovine genital campylobacteriosis (Campylobacter • Caprine and ovine brucellosis (Brucella melitensis)1 • Rift Valley fever fetus venerealis) • Scrapie • Severe acute respiratory syndrome Coronavirus-2 • Bovine viral diarrhea • Sheep scabies (Body mange; Psoroptes ovis) • Enzootic bovine leukosis (Bovine leukemia virus) (SARS-CoV-2)1 • Infectious bovine rhinotracheitis • Screwworm myiasis (Cochliomyia hominivorax or PORCINE (Bovine herpesvirus-1) Chrysomya bezziana) • Porcine brucellosis (Brucella suis)1 • Malignant catarrhal fever (sheep-associated form) • Surra (Trypanosoma evansi) • Pseudorabies (Aujeszky’s disease) • Vesicular stomatitis AVIAN SPECIES CAPRINE/OVINE BOVINE • Fowl typhoid (Salmonella gallinarum) • Caprine arthritis/encephalitis • African trypanosomiasis (Tsetse fly diseases) • Ornithosis (Psittacosis, avian chlamydiosis; • Contagious agalactia (Mycoplasma agalactiae, M. • Bovine babesiosis (Cattle tick fever) Chlamydia psittaci) capricolum subsp. capricolum, M. mycoides subsp. • Bovine spongiform encephalopathy • Pullorum disease (Salmonella pullorum) capri, M. putrefaciens) • Contagious bovine pleuropneumonia (Mycoplasma • Enzootic abortion of ewes (Ovine chlamydiosis; mycoides mycoides small colony) EQUINE Chlamydia abortus) • Foot-and-mouth disease • Contagious equine metritis (Taylorella equigenitalis) • Maedi-visna (Ovine progressive pneumonia) • Hemorrhagic septicemia (Pasteurella multocida • Eastern equine encephalomyelitis • Ovine epididymitis (Brucella ovis) B/Asian or E/African) • Epizootic lymphangitis • Salmonella abortusovis • Lumpy skin disease • Equine herpesvirus myeloencephalopathy (EHM) • Malignant catarrhal fever (wildebeest-associated form) • Equine infectious anemia PORCINE • Rinderpest • Equine piroplasmosis (Babesia caballi or Theileria • Porcine cysticercosis (Taenia solium) • Schmallenberg virus / Akabane equi) • Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome • Theileriosis (Theilera parva parva or T. annulata) • Western equine encephalomyelitis • Senecavirus A • West Nile virus • Swine enteric coronavirus diseases, including CAPRINE/OVINE transmissible gastroenteritis • Contagious caprine pleuropneumonia (Mycoplasma CERVIDS/LAGOMORPHS/CAMELIDS • Swine influenza capricolum capripneumoniae) • Chronic wasting disease • Trichinellosis (Trichinella spiralis) • Foot-and-mouth disease • Rabbit hemorrhagic disease (Calicivirus) • Nairobi sheep disease AVIAN SPECIES • Peste des petits ruminants (Goat plague) • Avian infectious bronchitis • Schmallenberg virus / Akabane • Avian infectious laryngotracheitis • Sheep pox and goat pox • Duck viral hepatitis • Goose parvovirus PORCINE • Infectious bursal disease (Gumboro disease) • African swine fever • Influenza A viruses (see Emergency Conditions for • Classical swine fever WHERE TO REPORT: HPAI and H5/H7 LPAI) • Foot-and-mouth disease • Mycoplasmosis (Mycoplasma synoviae and • Nipah virus encephalitis CA Department of Food and Agriculture Mycoplasma gallisepticum) • Swine vesicular disease Animal Health Branch (AHB) District Offices: EQUINE AVIAN SPECIES • Equine herpesvirus-1 and 4 (excluding EHM) • Avian influenza (HPAI and H5/H7 LPAI) Redding 530-225-2140 • Equine influenza • Turkey rhinotracheitis (Avian metapneumovirus) Modesto 209-491-9350 • Equine viral arteritis • Virulent Newcastle disease (Exotic Newcastle Tulare 559-685-3500 disease, velogenic viscerotropic Newcastle disease) Ontario 909-947-5932 CERVIDS/LAGOMORPHS/CAMELIDS CDFA- Animal Health Branch • Camelpox EQUINE Mailing Address: 1220 N Street • Myxomatosis • African horse sickness Sacramento, CA 95814 • Dourine (Trypanosoma equiperdum) Physical Address: 2800 Gateway Oaks • Glanders (Farcy; Burkholderia mallei) Sacramento, CA 95833 • Hendra virus (Equine morbillivirus) Telephone 916-900-5002 • Venezuelan equine encephalomyelitis OR • Vesicular stomatitis US Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Services REPORT FISH, AMPHIBIAN, CRUSTACEAN, BEE, CERVIDS/LAGOMORPHS/CAMELIDS Veterinary Services (VS) AND MOLLUSK DISEASES • Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus 10365 Old Placerville Road, Suite 210 listed by the OIE: (MERS-CoV) Sacramento, CA 95827-2518 https://www.oie.int/animal-health-in-the-world/oie-listed- Toll free at 1-877-741-3690 diseases-2020/ 1 Diseases in green, seen in any species, are also reportable to the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) For additional information, contact CDFA (email: [email protected] or visit our website at www.cdfa.ca.gov/ah) or USDA at http://www.aphis.usda.gov/animal_health .
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