Guidelines 



If you suspect a highly contagious foreign or notifiable disease, phone the AVIC or 

 State animal health official directly from the farm or premises (see your State listing 

 in appendix C). 



Have the following information available: 



• Producer or owner name, address, county, and phone number; 



• Directions to the farm or premises; 



• Complete clinical history; 



• Number and species of animals affected and number and species of animals 

 susceptible and their disease status; 



• Conditions you have already ruled out; 



• Any treatments given and response noted; and 



• Contact information for you, including your name, address, and relevant 

 phone numbers. 



The following diseases hsted by OIE are considered by APHIS to be foreign to the 

 United States and must, therefore, be reported. 



Multiple Species Diseases 



• Heartwater 



• New World screwrworm (Cochliomyia hominivorax) 



• Old World screwrworm (Chrysomya bezziana) 



• Foot-and-mouth disease 



• Lumpy skin disease 



• Rift Valley fever 



Cattle Diseases 



• Bovine babesiosis 



• Theileriosis 



• Trypanosomosis (tsetse-transmitted) 



• Bovine spongiform encephalopathy 



• Rinderpest 



• Contagious bovine pleuropneumonia 



Sheep and Goat Diseases 



• Contagious caprine pleuropneumonia 



• Nairobi sheep disease 



• Peste des petits ruminants 



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