Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 40 - RULES OF GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE › Chapter 40-13 - ANIMAL HEALTH DIVISION › Subject 40-13-4 - INFECTIOUS AND CONTAGIOUS DISEASES › Rule 40-13-4-.02 - Reportable Diseases

Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
(1) Any person, including, but not limited
				to, veterinarians, veterinary practice personnel, veterinary diagnostic
				laboratory personnel, persons associated with any livestock or poultry farm,
				ranch, sales establishment, transportation, or slaughter facility, as well as
				any person associated with a facility licensed under the Animal Protection Act
				or Bird Dealers Act shall report the following diseases. Departmental action on
				a reported disease will be dependent upon the potential for rapid spread,
				severe negative economic or public health consequences. Departmental actions
				may include, but may not be limited to, recording information, issuing a
				quarantine, conducting an animal disease investigation, collection of samples,
				requiring cleaning and disinfecting, and distributing animal disease
				alerts.
(2) Clinical diagnosis,
				laboratory confirmation or suspicion of any of the following diseases,
				syndromes, or conditions shall be reported immediately by telephone to the
				State Veterinarian (404) 656-3671 or (404) 656-3667 or the United States
				Department of Agriculture Area Veterinarian in Charge (770) 922-7860.
African Horse Sickness
African Swine Fever
Avian Influenza
Classical Swine Fever (Hog Cholera)
Contagious Bovine Pleuropneumonia (
Mycoplasma
				  mycoides mycoides)
Contagious Ecthyma (Soremouth)
Foot & Mouth Disease (FMD, any type)
Heartwater (
Cowdria ruminantium
)
Lumpy Skin Disease
Newcastle Disease (Exotic)
Nipah Virus
Peste des Petits Ruminants
Plague (
Yersinia pestis
)
Rift Valley Fever
Rinderpest
Screwworm (
Cochliomyia (Callitroga) hominivorax, C.
				  bezziana
)
Sheep Pox and Goat Pox
Swine Vesicular Disease
Vesicular or Ulcerative Conditions
Vesicular Exanthema
Vesicular Stomatitis (VS, any type)
Suspicious disease conditions to be reported immediately
				  include, but are not limited to, vesicular diseases, mucosal diseases, abortion
				  storms in livestock of unknown etiology, undiagnosed bovine central nervous
				  system conditions, unusual number of acute deaths in livestock, unusual myiasis
				  or acariasis (flies, mites, ticks, etc.), and any apparently highly infectious
				  or contagious condition of unknown etiology.
(3) Laboratory confirmation of any of the
				following diseases, syndromes, or conditions shall be reported by the
				laboratory within 24 hours or by the close of the next business day to the
				State Veterinarian or the United States Department of Agriculture Area
				Veterinarian in Charge.
Aflatoxins
Akabane Virus Disease
Anthrax (
Bacillus anthracis
)
Aujeszky's Disease (Pseudorabies)
Avian Chlamydiosis (Psittacosis and Ornithosis,
Chlamydia psittaci
)
Avian Infectious Encephalomyelitis
Avian Paramyxovirus Infection
Babesiosis (in livestock, any species)
Bluetongue
Bonamiosis (
Bonamia ostrea
and
Bonamia
sp.)
Borna Disease
Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy
Bovine Trichomoniasis
Brucellosis (
Brucella. abortus, B. ovis, B. suis B.
				  mellitensis
)
Camel Pox Virus
Caseous Lymphadenitis (
Corynebacterium
				  pseudotuberculosis
)
Chronic Wasting Disease
Clostridium perfringens
Epsilon Toxin
Coccidioidomycosis (
Coccidioides
				  immitis
)
Contagious Agalactia (
Mycoplasma agalactiae, M.
				  capricolum capricolum, M. putrefaciens, M. mycoides mycoides, M. mycoides
				  mycoides LC
)
Contagious Caprine Pleuropneumonia (
Mycoplasma
				  capricolum capripneumoniae
)
Contagious Equine Metritis (
Taylorella
				  equigenitalis
)
Dourine (
Trypanosoma equiperdum
)
Enterovirus Encephalomyelitis (porcine)
Ephemeral Fever
Epizootic Hematopoietic Necrosis
Epizootic Lymphangitis (
Histoplasma
				  farciminosum
)
Equine Encephalomyelitis (Eastern, Western, Venezuelan, West
				  Nile Virus)
Equine Infectious Anemia (EIA)
Equine Morbillivirus (Hendra virus)
Equine Piroplasmosis (Babesiosis
, Babesia
				  (Piroplasma) equi, B. caballi
)
Equine Rhinopneumonitis (Type 1 and 4)
Equine Viral Arteritis
Feline Spongiform Encephalopathy
Glanders (
Burkholderia [Pseudomonas]
				  mallei
)
Haplosporidiosis (
Haplosporidium nelsoni
and
H. costale
)
Hemorrhagic Septicemia (
Pasteurella
				  multocida
)
Japanese Encephalitis Virus
Ibaraki
Infectious Hematopoietic Necrosis
Infectious Laryngotracheitis (other than vaccine
				  induced)
Infectious Petechial Fever (
Ehrlichia
				  ondiri
)
Louping Ill (Ovine encephalomyelitis)
Maedi-Visna/Ovine Progressive Pneumonia
Malignant Catarrhal Fever (Bovine Malignant Catarrh) (AHV-1,
				  OHV-2)
Mange (in livestock)(
Sarcoptes scabiei
var
bovis
and
ovis
,
Psoroptes ovis,
				  Chorioptes bovis, Psorergates bos
and
ovis
)
Marteiliosis (
Marteilia refringens
and
M. sydneyi
)
Menangle virus
Melioidosis
(Burkholderia [Pseudomonas]
				  pseudomallei)
Mikrocytosis (
Mikrocytos mackini
and
M. roughleyi
)
Nairobi Sheep Disease
Oncorhynchus Masou Virus Disease (salmon herpesvirus type
				  2)
Paratuberculosis (
Mycobacterium avium
				  paratuberculosis
)
Perkinsosis (
Perkinsus marinus
and
P. olseni
)
Pullorum Disease (
Salmonella
				  pullorum
)
Q Fever (
Coxiella burnetti
)
Rabbit Hemorrhagic Disease (Calicivirus disease)
Rabies
Ricin Toxicosis (toxin from
Ricinis
				  communis
)
Salmonella enteritidis
Salmonellosis in equine (
Salmonella typhimurium, S.
				  agona, S. anatum, etc.
)
Scrapie
Shigatoxin
Spring Viremia of Carp
Staphylococcal Enterotoxins
Sweating Sickness
T-2 Toxin
Taura Syndrome
Transmissible Mink Encephalopathy
Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (all types)
Theileriosis (
Theileria annulata, T.
				  parva
)
Trypanosomiasis (
Trypanosoma congolense, T. vivax,
				  T.brucei brucei, T. evansi
)
Tuberculosis (
Mycobacterium. bovis, M.
				  tuberculosis
)
Tularemia (
Francisella tularensis
)
Ulcerative Lymphangitis (
Corynebacterium
				  pseudotuberculosis
)
Viral Hemorrhagic Septicemia (Egtved disease)
Wesselsbron Disease
White Spot Disease
Yellowhead Disease
Clinical diagnosis or laboratory confirmation of Botulism
				  (
Clostridium botulinum
toxin) and Equine Strangles
				  (
Streptococcus equi
) shall be reported.
(4) Clinical diagnosis or laboratory
				confirmation of any of the following diseases in an animal residing in or
				recently purchased from an animal shelter, kennel, or pet dealer licensed under
				the Animal Protection Act or a bird dealer licensed under the Bird Dealers Act
				shall be reported within 24 hours or by the close of the next business day to
				the State Veterinarian.
Avian Polyoma Virus
Beak and Feather Disease
Brucellosis (canine)
Canine Parvovirus
Corona Viral Enteritis
Distemper
Feline Immunodeficiency Virus (FIV)
Feline Infectious Peritonitis (FIP)
Feline Leukemia
Feline Panleukopenia (Cat Distemper)
Generalized Demodectic Mange (Red Mange)
Pox Disease
Toxoplasmosis (
Toxoplasma gondi
)
(5) Clinical illness due to any of
				the following diseases in an animal residing in or recently purchased from an
				animal shelter, kennel, or pet dealer licensed under the Animal Protection Act
				shall be reported within 24 hours or by close of the next business day to the
				State Veterinarian.
Ancylostomiasis (Hook Worms)
Coccidiosis
Giardiasis
Microsporidiosis/Tricophytosis (Generalized Ringworm)
Salmonellosis
Toxocariasis (Round Worms)
(6) Any evidence or reasonable suspicion of
				bioterrorism, including the intentional use of any microorganism, virus,
				infectious substance, or any component thereof, whether naturally occurring or
				bioengineered, to cause the death, illness, disease, or other biological
				malfunction in an animal, shall be reported immediately by telephone to local
				law enforcement (and/or the Federal Bureau of Investigation?) and the State
				Veterinarian (404) 656-3671 or (404) 656-3667 or the United States Department
				of Agriculture Area Veterinarian in Charge (770) 922-7860.
O.C.G.A. Secs.
				  4-1-3,
				  4-4-1,
				  4-4-64,
				  4-4-67.