Contagious or Infectious Diseases

Section 85 Section 85.12  Contagious or Infectious Diseases a)         The Department will designate a disease as contagious or infectious when it is determined that the disease is a threat to the animal industry.  A disease will be considered a threat to the animal industry for any of the following reasons: 1)         is of unknown cause or previously not a recognized disease; 2)         can cause interstate or international trade restrictions; 3)         is highly communicable to other animals or species; 4)         has the potential to produce uncontrollable death loss; or 5)         is not endemic in the animal industry. b)         The following diseases are considered to be contagious or infectious: African horse sickness African swine fever akabane anthrax avian influenza bluetongue Borna disease bovine petechial fever brucellosis chronic wasting disease (CWD) − cervids contagious bovine pleuropneumonia contagious equine metritis (CEM) dourine ephemeral fever equine herpes virus (neurologic form) equine infectious anemia (EIA) equine viral arteritis (EVA) equine viral encephalitides epizootic lymphangitis foot and mouth disease fowl typhoid glanders heartwater hemorrhagic septicemia hog cholera horse pox infectious encephalomyelitis − avian infectious laryngotracheitis Japanese B encephalitis Jembrana disease louping-ill lumpy skin disease monkeypox Mycoplasma gallisepticum − turkeys Mycoplasma synoviae − turkeys Nairobi sheep disease Newcastle disease peste des petits − ruminants paramyxovirus infection − avian paratuberculosis (Johne's disease) piroplasmosis plague pseudorabies (Aujesky's disease) psittacosis (ornithosis) pullorum disease Q fever rabies Rift Valley fever rinderpest salmonella enteritidis − poultry salmonella typhimurium − poultry scabies − cattle and sheep scrapie sheep and goat pox swine vesicular disease transmissible spongiform encephalopathy (TSE) trichinellosis tuberculosis tularemia vesicular conditions of any type vesicular exanthema of swine Wesselsbron disease West Nile Virus any contagious or infectious disease presently considered as "exotic", i.e., not known to exist in the United States or emerging and considered by the Department to be a significant threat to one or more animal population