Status of Reportable Diseases in the United States
The following tables show the United States' status for animal diseases that are reported to the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) if they are confirmed to be present in specific livestock, poultry, and aquaculture species. This information is reported to OIE every six months and is also presented on the international OIE website.
Report date: Final report for 2012 (PDF version available here)
Contents:
Diseases Associated with Multiple Species:
| Disease |
Status |
Date of Last Occurrence / Notes |
| Anthrax |
Present |
Sporadic / limited distribution |
| Aujeszky's disease |
Present |
Sporadic / limited distribution to feral and-or non-commercial production swine. Non-commercial swine: swine managed under biosecurity conditions that allow for potential exposure to feral swine that may be infected with swine diseases, such as pseudorabies / national eradication; program / no commercial production swine herd detections in 2012 |
| Bluetongue |
Present |
Sporadic / serotypes 3, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, and 17 detected in 2012 |
| Brucellosis (Brucella abortus) |
Present |
Sporadic / limited distribution-primarily limited to wildlife in the Greater Yellowstone National Park area / national eradication program / one domestic cattle herd detection and one domestic bison herd detections in 2012 |
| Brucellosis (Brucella melitensis) |
Free |
1999 |
| Brucellosis (Brucella suis) |
Present |
Sporadic / limited distribution to feral and-or non-commercial production swine. Non-commercial swine: swine managed under biosecurity conditions that allow for potential exposure to feral swine that may be infected with swine diseases, such as brucellosis / national eradication program/ no commercial production swine herd detections in 2012 |
| Crimean Congo haemorrhagic fever |
Free |
Never occurred |
| Echinococcosis / hydatidosis |
Present? |
Sporadic (uncommon in all species) / 2008 |
| Epizootic hemorrhagic disease (EHD) |
Present |
Sporadic and limited distribution. Serotypes 1 (wild deer), 2, and 6 detected in 2012 / Increased disease activity in 2012 |
| Equine encephalomyelitis (Eastern) |
Present |
Sporadic / limited distribution / Increased activity in 2012 |
| Foot-and-mouth disease |
Free |
1929 |
| Heartwater |
Free |
Never occurred |
| Japanese encephalitis |
Free |
Never occurred |
| Leptospirosis |
Present |
|
| New world screwworm |
Free |
1982 |
| Old world screwworm |
Free |
Never occurred |
| Paratuberculosis(Johne's Disease) |
Present |
Voluntary control program |
| Q fever |
Present |
Sporadic |
| Rabies |
Present |
|
| Rift Valley fever |
Free |
Never occurred |
| Rinderpest |
Free |
Never occurred |
| Surra (Trypanosoma evansi) |
Free |
Never occurred |
| Trichinellosis |
Present? |
Sporadic (backyard and wild animals) / no commercial production swine herd detections in 2012 |
| Tularemia |
Present (wild) |
Sporadic |
| Vesicular stomatitis |
Present |
Sporadic / Fifty-one confirmed equine cases (New Jersey strain) detected in NM and CO. (OIE Immediate / Follow-up Reports – event resolved 12/27/2012) |
| West Nile fever / encephalitis |
Present |
|
Cattle Diseases
| Disease |
Status |
Date of Last Occurrence / Notes |
| Bovine anaplasmosis |
Present |
|
| Bovine babesiosis |
Free |
Limited distribution (endemic in territories of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands; last occurrence on the U.S. mainland was in 1943) |
| Bovine genital campylobacteriosis |
Present |
Sporadic |
| Bovine spongiform encephalopathy |
Controlled risk (OIE upgraded status to ‘Negligible Risk’ in 2013) |
One detection of atypical BSE, an uncommon form of the agent not generally associated with an animal consuming infected feed. (OIE Immediate / Follow-up Reports – event resolved 7/6/2012) |
| Bovine tuberculosis |
Present |
Sporadic / limited distribution / national eradication program |
| Bovine viral diarrhea |
Present |
|
| Contagious bovine pleuropneumonia |
Free |
1892 |
| Enzootic bovine leukosis |
Present |
|
| Haemorrhagic septicaemia |
Absent |
1969 |
| Infectious bovine rhinotracheitis / infectious pustular vulvovaginitis |
Present |
|
| Lumpy skin disease |
Free |
Never occurred |
| Theileriosis |
Free |
Never occurred |
| Trichomonosis |
Present |
|
| Trypanosomosis |
Free |
Never occurred |
Sheep and Goat Diseases
| Disease |
Status |
Date of Last Occurrence / Notes |
| Caprine arthritis / encephalitis |
Present |
|
| Contagious agalactia |
Present |
Sporadic |
| Contagious caprine pleuropneumonia |
Free |
Never occurred |
| Enzootic abortion of ewes (ovine chlamydiosis) |
Present |
Sporadic |
| Maedi-visna |
Present |
Sporadic |
| Nairobi sheep diseases |
Free |
Never occurred |
| Ovine epididymitis (Brucella ovis) |
Present |
|
| Peste des petits ruminants |
Free |
Never occurred |
| Salmonellosis (S. abortus ovis) |
Present? |
Sporadic / no detections reported in 2012 |
| Scrapie |
Present |
National eradication program |
| Sheep pox and goat pox |
Free |
Never occurred |
Equine Diseases
| Disease |
Status |
Date of Last Occurrence / Notes |
| African horse sickness |
Free |
Never occurred |
| Contagious equine metritis |
Absent |
The event in 2011 was closed out in 2012. No detected cases in 2012. |
| Dourine |
Free |
1934 |
| Equine encephalomyelitis (Western) |
Present? |
Sporadic / limited distribution / no animal detections reported in 2012 |
| Equine infectious anemia |
Present |
Sporadic / limited distribution / national control program |
| Equine influenza |
Present |
Sporadic |
| Equine piroplasmosis |
Present |
Multiple events (OIE Immediate / Follow-up Reports—Open) |
| Equine rhinopneumonitis |
Present |
Sporadic |
| Equine viral arteritis |
Present |
Sporadic |
| Glanders |
Free |
1942 |
| Venezuelan equine encephalomyelitis |
Free |
1971 |
Swine Diseases
| Disease |
Status |
Date of Last Occurrence / Notes |
| African swine fever |
Free |
Never occurred |
| Classical swine fever (hog cholera) |
Free |
1976 |
| Nipah virus encephalitis |
Free |
Never occurred |
| Porcine cysticercosis |
Absent |
2004 |
| Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome |
Present |
|
| Swine vesicular disease |
Free |
Never occurred |
| Transmissible gastroenteritis |
Present |
|
Avian Diseases
| Disease |
Status |
Date of Last Occurrence / Notes |
| Avian chlamydiosis |
Present |
Sporadic (wild birds, pet birds, backyard) / no commercial production flock detections in 2012 |
| Avian infectious bronchitis |
Present |
|
| Avian infectious laryngotracheitis |
Present |
Sporadic (primarily vaccine-related) |
| Avian mycoplasmosis (M. gallisepticum) |
Present |
Sporadic / all commercial poultry breeding flocks are under a surveillance program to confirm infection-free status. Commercial table-egg laying may be vaccinated |
| Avian mycoplasmosis (M. synoviae) |
Present |
Sporadic / all commercial poultry breeding flocks are under a surveillance program to confirm infection-free status. |
| Duck viral hepatitis |
Free |
1998 |
| Fowl typhoid (Salmonella gallinarum) |
Free |
1981 |
| Highly pathogenic avian influenza |
Free |
2004 |
| Low pathogenic avian influenza (poultry) Notifiable H5 and H7 |
Identification of the presence of infection |
Identified sporadically in backyard poultry and in live-bird-markets which serve local ethnic communities. No commercial production flock detections in 2012. |
| Infectious bursal disease (Gumboro disease) |
Present |
Sporadic |
| Newcastle disease (Neurotropic and viscerotropic strains) |
Present (wild) |
2003-domestic poultry are considered Free / sporadic detections in wild birds |
| Pullorum disease (Salmonella pullorum) |
Present? |
Sporadic (backyard) / no commercial production flock detections since 1991, considered absent in them / no detections reported in 2012 |
| Turkey rhinotracheitis |
Present? |
Disease suspected but not confirmed limited to certain zones / regions of the country |
Lagomorph Diseases
| Disease |
Status |
Date of Last Occurrence / Notes |
| Myxomatosis |
Present? |
Sporadic / limited distribution / no detections reported in 2012 |
| Rabbit hemorrhagic disease |
Absent |
2010 |
Bee Diseases
| Disease |
Status |
Date of Last Occurrence / Notes |
| Acarapisosis of honey bees |
Present |
Sporadic / limited distribution |
| American foulbrood of honey bees |
Present |
|
| European foulbrood of honey bees |
Present |
|
| Small hive beetle infestation (Aethina tumida) |
Present |
|
| Tropilaelaps infestation of honey bees |
Free |
Never occurred |
| Varroosis of honey bees |
Present |
|
Other Listed Diseases
| Disease |
Status |
Date of Last Occurrence / Notes |
| Leishmaniosis |
Present? |
No detections reported in 2011 |
| Camelpox |
Free |
Never occurred |
Aquaculture Diseases - Fish
| Disease |
Status |
Date of Last Occurrence / Notes |
| Epizootic hematopoietic necrosis |
Free |
Never occurred |
| Epizootic ulcerative syndrome |
Present? (wild) |
2004-domestic absent / sporadic occurence in wild species |
| Gyrodactylosis (Gyrodactylus salaries) |
Free |
Never occurred |
| Infectious hematopoietic necrosis (IHN) |
Present |
Sporadic / limited distribution |
| Infectious salmon anemia |
Absent |
2006 |
| Koi herpesvirus disease |
Present |
|
| Red sea bream iridoviral disease |
Free |
Never occurred |
| Spring viremia of carp |
present (Wild) |
|
| Viral hemorrhagic septicaemia |
Present (Wild) |
Domestic absent / Sporadic (wild species) / limited distribution |
Aquaculture Diseases - Molluscs
| Disease |
Status |
Date of Last Occurrence / Notes |
| Infection with abalone herpes-like virus |
Free |
Never occurred |
| Infection with Bonamia exitiosus |
Present |
Sporadic/limited distribution (wild species). One domestic outbreak in 2012 (OIE Immediate / Follow-up Reports – event closed 2/15/2013). Previous United States OIE reports indicating that B. exitiosa has ‘never occurred’ in wild were in error. Improved resolution of Bonamia phylogeny allowed parasite infecting wild Ostrea equestris along the United States Southeastern coast to be identified as B. exitiosa. New diagnostics now allows B. exitiosa to be distinguished from other Bonamia species. |
| Infection with Bonamia ostreae |
Present? (wild) |
2006-domestic |
| Infection with Marteilia refringens |
Free |
Never occurred |
| Infection with Perkinsus marinus |
Present |
Sporadic / limited distribution |
| Infection with Perkinsus olseni |
Free |
Never occurred |
| Infection with Xenohaliotis californiensis |
Free |
2006 |
Aquaculture Diseases - Crustaceans
| Disease |
Status |
Date of Last Occurrence / Notes |
| Crayfish plague (Aphanomyces astaci) |
Free |
|
| Infectious hypodermal and haematopoietic necrosis |
Free |
|
| Infectious myonecrosis |
Free |
Never occurred |
| Taura syndrome |
Free |
2007 |
| White spot disease |
Present |
Domestic - One new event 2012 (OIE Immediate / Follow-up Reports - event closed 10/25/2012) / wild present? and limited distribution |
| White tail disease |
Free |
Never occurred |
| Yellowhead disease |
Free |
|
Amphibians
| Infection with Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis |
Present (wild) |
|
| Infection with ranavirus |
Present (wild) |
|
Sporadic = occurring only occasionally
Limited distribution = limited geographic distribution
Present? = occurrence suspected but not confirmed
Absent = disease absent during reporting period / no detections reported
