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NYCMED

Reporting Diseases and Conditions

Reporting Central

Citywide Immunization Registry (CIR)

eVital

Public Health Lab

Reporting Animal Diseases

Electronic Case Reporting Web Service

Other Reporting Systems


Animal Disease Reporting

Certain diseases affecting animals must be reported to the NYC Department of Health.

Reports can be made by:

Veterinarians

People in charge of animal institutions, such as:

Animal hospitals

Rehabilitation facilities

Animal shelters

Other institutions or facilities providing animal care or treatment

Zoological parks

Veterinary diagnostic laboratories

How to Report an Animal Disease

Online through a secure web-based reporting platform

By calling 347-396-2600

By faxing the Animal Disease Case Report form (PDF) to 347-396-2753

Reportable Diseases

Report the following diseases immediately by phone if you suspect an animal is infected:

Anthrax

Brucellosis

Glanders

Influenza (novel with pandemic potential)

Monkeypox

Plague

Q fever

Rabies

SARS

Tularemia

Report the following within 24 hours by phone or fax upon laboratory diagnosis:

Arboviral encephalitides

Carbapenem-resistant organism (CRO)

Leptospirosis

Psittacosis

Rocky Mountain spotted fever

Salmonellosis

Tuberculosis

In addition, you have 24 hours to report any outbreak or suspected outbreak of any disease, condition or syndrome, in birds or animals, of known or unknown etiology, which may pose a danger to public health. You must also report any unusual manifestation of a disease in an animal within 24 hours.