Notifiable Diseases and Conditions 



As an accredited veterinarian, you are responsible for notifying the State animal 

 health official or AVIC of any undiagnosed or unusual disease conditions that are 

 notifiable, foreign, or both. The State animal health official or AVIC will determine 

 how the case is to be handled and give you specific instructions at that time. If the 

 AVIC of your State determines that an investigation is warranted, a Federal FAD 

 Diagnostician will be assigned to the case. Most States provide a list of reportable 

 diseases that should be used to supplement the list of diseases that follows. Call your 

 State animal health official or APHIS-VS Area Office for such a list. 



Foreign or exotic animal diseases often present themselves as clinical disease 

 conditions that do not respond to therapy. Report to your State animal health official 

 or AVIC { 1 ) any suspicious clinical or necropsy findings accompanied by a history 

 of the diseased animals' recent contact with either people or animals that have just 

 returned from a foreign country or (2) any disease of unknown etiology causing high 

 mortality or morbidity. 



You should be suspicious of the following signs: 



• High morbidity, high mortality; 



• Signs that do not fit the classical picture; 



• Vesicular lesions; 



• Severe abortion storms of unknown etiology; 



• Hemorrhagic septicemia; 



• Severe respiratory conditions; 



• Pox or lumpy skin conditions; 



• Poor or no response to treatment when response is expected; 



• Suspicious findings at necropsy; 



• History of foreign travel, foreign visitors, and foreign mail or gifts or importation of 

 animals, embryos, or semen; 



• CNS diseases (or undiagnosed encephalitic conditions); 



• Mucosal diseases; 



• Larvae in wounds; 



• Avian disease with acute deaths or CNS signs; 



• Unusual myiasis or acariasis (exotic flies, mites, ticks, etc.); or 



• Unusual or unexplained illness or symptoms. 



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