Reportable Diseases

• All foreign animal diseases must be reported to Federal and State Animal Health Officials (SAHO)
• USDA Program Diseases must immediately be reported to Federal and State Animal Health Officials
• States may have additional diseases of interest that they monitor, and thus are reportable at the state level
• Zoonotic diseases may need to be reported to the State Health or Public Health department as well as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
• Bioterrorism disease agents may be reportable to Federal and/or State Animal Health Officials

There are resources available to learn more about the various diseases cited as examples in this module and they are provided at the end of each section. A list of SAHOs and Federal Animal Health Officials (Area Veterinarian-In-Charge: AVIC) can be found at the following website links:

SAHOs: http://www.usaha.org/StateAnimalHealthOfficials.aspx

Next we will review the consequences of the accidental or intentional introduction of foreign animal, USDA program and reportable diseases.