Reporting Animal Diseases
The diseases listed on this page are some of the more important reportable diseases to California agriculture; however they are not inclusive of all reportable diseases.
The List of Reportable Diseases includes all disease that must be reported to the Department. The list does not represent all diseases known in animals.
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: Any animal disease not known to exist in the United States, any disease for which a control program exists, or any unexplained increase in the number of diseased animals or deaths must be reported. Any conditions caused by exposure to toxic substances that have or may have the potential to be a public health, animal health, or food safety threat must be reported within 24 hours.
WHERE TO REPORT:
Animal Health Branch - District Offices:
- Redding: 530-225-2140
- Modesto: 209-491-9350
- Tulare: 559-685-3500
- Ontario: 909-947-5932
OR
US Department of Agriculture
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Services Veterinary Services (VS)
10365 Old Placerville Road, Suite 210
Sacramento, CA 95827-2518
Toll free at 1-877-741-3690
Reportable Diseases
Multiple Species
- Anthrax (Bacillus anthracis)
- Crimean Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHFV)
- Foot-and-mouth disease (FMDV)
- Heartwater (Ehrlichia ruminantium)
- Japanese encephalitis (JEV)
- Melioidosis (Burkholderia pseudomallei)
- Rabies
- Rift Valley fever (RVFV)
- Screwworm myiasis (Cochliomyia hominivorax or Chrysomya bezziana)
- Surra (Trypanosoma evansi)
- Vesicular stomatitis (VSV)
Bovine
- African trypanosomiasis (Tsetse fly diseases, Trypanosoma spp.)
- Bovine babesiosis (Cattle tick fever, Babesia spp.)
- Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (PrPSc)
- Contagious bovine pleuropneumonia (Mycoplasma mycoides mycoides small colony type)
- Foot-and-mouth disease (FMDV)
- Hemorrhagic septicemia (Pasteurella multocida B/Asian or E/African)
- Lumpy skin disease (LSDV)
- Malignant catarrhal fever (wildebeest-associated form, MCFV)
- Rinderpest (RPV)
- Schmallenberg virus (SBV) / Akabane virus
- Theileriosis / Bovine infectious anemia (Theilera parva parva, T.annulate, T.orientalis Ikeda)
Caprine/Ovine
- Contagious caprine pleuropneumonia (Mycoplasma capricolum capripneumoniae)
- Foot-and-mouth disease (FMDV)
- Nairobi sheep disease (NSDV)
- Peste des petits ruminants (PPRV)
- Schmallenberg virus (SBV) / Akabane virus
- Sheep pox (SPPV)
Porcine
- African swine fever (ASFV)
- Classical swine fever (CSFV)
- Foot-and-mouth disease (FMDV)
- Nipah virus encephalitis (NV)
- Swine vesicular disease (SVDV)
Avian
- Avian influenza (HPAI and H5/H7 LPAI)
- Turkey rhinotracheitis (Avian metapneumovirus)
- Virulent Newcastle disease (VND)
Equine
- African horse sickness (AHSV)
- Dourine (Trypanosoma equiperdum)
- Glanders (Farcy; Burkholderia mallei)
- Hendra virus infection (HeV)
- Venezuelan equine encephalomyelitis (VEEV)
- Vesicular stomatitis (VSV)
Cervids/Lagomorphs/Camelids
Multiple Species
- Brucellosis (B. melitensis, B. abortus, B. suis)
- Pseudorabies (Aujeszky’s disease; SuHV-1)
- Tuberculosis (Mycobacterium bovis)
- Tularemia (Francisella tularensis)
Bovine
- Bovine brucellosis (Brucella abortus)
- Bovine tuberculosis (Mycobacterium bovis)
- Trichomoniasis (Tritrichomonas foetus)
Caprine/Ovine
Porcine
Avian
- Fowl typhoid (Salmonella gallinarum)
- Influenza A virus H9 and emerging LPAI
- Pullorum disease (Salmonella pullorum)
Equine
- Contagious equine metritis (Taylorella equigenitalis)
- Eastern equine encephalomyelitis (EEEV)
- Epizootic lymphangitis (Histoplasma farciminosum)
- Equine herpesvirus myeloencephalopathy (EHM secondary to EHV)
- Equine infectious anemia (EIAV)
- Equine piroplasmosis (Babesia caballi or Theileria equi)
- Western equine encephalomyelitis (WEEV)
- West Nile Virus (WNV)
Cervids/Lagomorphs/Camelids
Multiple Species
- Bluetongue (BTV)
- Echinococcosis / hydatidosis (Echinococcus spp)
- Epizootic hemorrhagic disease (EHDV)
- Johne’s disease (Paratuberculosis; Mycobacterium avium paratuberculosis)
- Leishmaniosis (Leishmania spp.)
- Q Fever (Coxiella burnetii)
- Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS-CoV-2)
Bovine
- Anaplasmosis (Anaplasma marginale or A. centrale)
- Bovine cysticercosis (Taenia saginata)
- Bovine genital campylobacteriosis (Campylobacter fetus venerealis)
- Bovine viral diarrhea (BVDV, HoBiPeV)
- Enzootic bovine leukosis (BLV)
- Infectious bovine rhinotracheitis (Bovine herpesvirus1)
- Malignant catarrhal fever (MCFV, sheep-associated form)
Caprine/Ovine
- Caprine arthritis/encephalitis
- Contagious agalactia (Mycoplasma agalactiae, M. capricolum subsp. capricolum, M. mycoides subsp. capri, M. putrefaciens)
- Enzootic abortion of ewes (Ovine chlamydiosis; Chlamydia abortus)
- Ovine epididymitis (Brucella ovis)
- Ovine progressive pneumonia (Maedi-Visna virus)
- Salmonella abortusovis infection
- Sheep scabies (Body mange; Psoroptes ovis)
Porcine
- Porcine cysticercosis (Taenia solium)
- Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRSV)
- Senecavirus A infection (SVA)
- Swine enteric coronavirus diseases, including transmissible gastroenteritis
- Swine influenza (SIV or S-OIV)
- Trichinellosis (Trichinella spiralis)
Avian
- Avian infectious bronchitis (IBV)
- Avian infectious laryngotracheitis (ILTV)
- Duck viral hepatitis (DHAV)
- Goose parvovirus infection (GPV)
- Infectious bursal disease / Gumboro disease (IBDV)
- Influenza A viruses (excluding HPAI and H5/H7 LPAI)
- Mycoplasmosis (Mycoplasma synoviae and Mycoplasma gallisepticum)
- Ornithosis / psittacosis / avian chlamydiosis (Chlamydia psittaci)
Equine
- Ulcerative lymphangitis/Pigeon Fever (Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis)
- Equine herpesvirus-1 and 4 infections (excluding EHM)
- Equine influenza (EIV)
- Equine viral arteritis (EAV)
- Strangles (Streptococcus equi spp equi)
Cervids/Lagomorphs/Camelids
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Animal Health Branch
Sacramento, California 95814
Phone: 916-900-5002
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