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 January-June 2011 (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 Jan-Jun 2011 |
| Bluetongue |
Present |
Sporadic/serotypes 11, 17 detected in Jan-Jun 2011 |
| Brucellosis (Brucella abortus) |
Present |
Sporadic/limited distribution-primarily limited to wildlife in the Greater Yellowstone National Park area/national eradication program/two domestic cattle herd detections in Jan-Jun 2011 |
| 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 Jan-Jun 2011 |
| Crimean Congo haemorrhagic fever |
Free |
Never occurred |
| Echinococcosis / hydatidosis |
Present? |
Sporadic (uncommon in all species) |
| Epizootic hemorrhagic disease (EHD) |
Present |
Sporadic and limited distribution |
| 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 |
National control program |
| Q fever |
Present |
Sporadic |
| Rabies |
Present |
|
| Rift Valley fever |
Free |
Never occurred |
| Rinderpest |
Free |
Never occurred |
| Trichinellosis |
Present? |
Sporadic (backyard raised swine, wild animals)/no commercial production swine herd detections in Jan-Jun 2011 |
| Tularemia |
Present |
Sporadic (primarily wild animals) |
| Vesicular stomatitis |
Absent |
2010 |
| 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 |
2006 |
| 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/ American strains |
| 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 Jan-Jun 2011 |
| 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 |
2010 |
| Dourine |
Free |
1934 |
| Equine encephalomyelitis (Eastern) |
Present |
Sporadic / limited distribution |
| Equine encephalomyelitis (Western) |
Present? |
Sporadic/limited distribution/no detections reported in Jan-Jun 2011 |
| 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/EHV-1-Equine Herpes Myeloencephalopathy (EHM) incident occurred related to a national equine event. 90 EHV-1 or EHM cases confirmed. Incident contained June 2011. |
| Equine viral arteritis |
Present? |
Sporadic |
| Glanders |
Free |
1942 |
| Surra (Trypanosoma evansi) |
Free |
Never occurred |
| 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 Jan-Jun 2011 |
| 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 cholera (Pasteurella multocida) |
Present |
|
| 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 |
-Non-clinical H7N3 event identified March 2011 on routine pre-slaughter surveillance of a commercial turkey flock as part of the National Poultry Improvement Plan (NPIP) Avian Influenza Clean Program (OIE Immediate/Follow-up Reports – event closed 5/26/11)
-Non-clinical H7N9 event identified June 2011 in a commercial turkey flock on routine pre-slaughter surveillance (OIE Immediate/Follow-up Reports – event closed 8/1/11) |
| Infectious bursal disease (Gumboro disease) |
Present |
Sporadic |
| Marek's disease |
Present |
|
| Newcastle disease (Neurotropic and viscerotropic strains) |
Present (wild) |
2003-domestic poultry are considered Free/ detections in wild cormorants reported in Jan-Jun 2011 |
| Pullorum disease (Salmonella pullorum) |
Present? |
Sporadic (backyard) / no commercial production flock detections since 1991, considered absent in them / no detections reported in Jan-Jun 2011 |
| Turkey rhinotracheitis |
Absent |
2008 |
Lagomorph Diseases
| Disease |
Status |
Date of Last Occurrence / Notes |
| Myxomatosis |
Present? |
Sporadic/ limited distribution/ no detections reported in Jan-Jun 2011 |
| 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 |
Sporadic |
| 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 Jan-Jun 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 |
2004-domestic / occurrence only in wild species reported in Jan-Jun 2011 |
| Gyrodactylosis (Gyrodactylus salaries) |
Free |
Never occurred |
| Infectious hematopoietic necrosis (IHN) |
Present? |
Sporadic / limited distribution |
| Infectious salmon anemia |
Absent |
2006/ISAV detection by RT-PCR was limited to a non-pathogenic HPR0 identified in gill tissue from freshwater hatchery samples collected at a single time point. There was no corresponding virus isolation or clinical evidence of infection or disease. Repeat testing failed to identify HPR0 or other ISAV. |
| Koi herpesvirus disease |
Present |
Sporadic/limited disribution |
| Red sea bream iridoviral disease |
Free |
Never occurred |
| Spring viremia of carp |
Absent |
| 2004-domestic; Wild fish die off, SVC suspected but never confirmed |
|
| Viral hemorrhagic septicaemia |
Present |
Sporadic (wild species)/limited distribution/no domestic detections in Jan-Jun 2011 |
Aquaculture Diseases - Molluscs
| Disease |
Status |
Date of Last Occurrence / Notes |
| Abalone viral mortality |
Free |
Never occurred |
| Infection with Bonamia exitiosus |
Free |
Never occurred |
| Infection with Bonamia ostreae |
Absent |
2006-domestic/wild-present? |
| 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 |
| Spherical baculovirosis (Penaeus monodon-type baculovirus) |
Free |
Never occurred |
| Taura syndrome |
Free |
2007 |
| Tetrahedral baculovirosis (Baculovirus penaei) |
Free |
2006 |
| White spot disease |
Present? |
Sporadic/limited distribution/no detections reported in Jan-Jun 2011 |
| White tail disease |
Free |
Never occurred |
| Yellowhead disease |
Free |
|
Amphibians
| Infection with Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis |
Present |
Wild amphibians |
| Infection with ranavirus |
Present |
Wild amphibians |
Sporadic = occurring only occasionally
Limited distribution = limited geographic distribution
Present? = occurrence suspected but not confirmed
Absent = disease absent during reporting period / no detections reported
