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List of Notifiable Diseases in Victoria

Compiled from:
Order of 5 June 2012
Livestock Disease Control Act 1994
Livestock Disease Control Regulations 2006 (especially Schedule 2)

Disease Notification Form

PART A - DISEASES OF MAMMALS AND BIRDS -
(Notify without delay, within 12 hours or 7 days)

Anaplasmosis
Anthrax
Avian (Pigeon) Paramyxovirus Type 1

Babesiosis
Bovine genital campylobacteriosis
Bovine malignant catarrh
Bovine malignant tumour of the eye larger than 2cm
Buffalo fly

Caprine arthritis encephalitis
Cattle tick
Cysticercosis (C. bovis)

Enzootic bovine leukosis
Equine herpes-virus 1 (abortigenic and neurological strains)
Equine infectious anaemia
Equine viral arteritis

Infectious bovine rhinotracheitis
Infectious laryngotracheitis

Lead Poisoning (in food production animals)
Leptospirosis
Listeriosis

Mucosal disease

Ovine brucellosis
Ovine footrot
Ovine ked
Ovine lice

Paratuberculosis (Johne’s disease)
Psittacosis
Pullorum disease (Salmonella pullorum)

Salmonellosis
Strangles
Swine brucellosis (B. suis)

Trichomoniasis
Tuberculosis (other than Mycobacterium bovis)

Verocytotoxigenic E. coli

PART A - EXOTIC DISEASES OF MAMMALS AND BIRDS -
(Notify immediately)

African horse sickness
African swine fever
Aujeszky's disease
Australian lyssaviruses including bat lyssavirus
Avian influenza (highly pathogenic)
Avian influenza (low pathogenic virus subtypes)

Bluetongue
Borna disease
Bovine Viral Diarrhoea Virus Type 2
Brucella canis
Brucellosis – bovine (B. abortus)
Brucellosis – caprine and ovine (B. melitensis)

Camel pox
Chagas disease (T. cruzi)
Classical swine fever
Contagious agalactia
Contagious bovine pleuropneumonia
Contagious caprine pleuropneumonia
Contagious equine metritis
Crimean Congo haemorrhagic fever
Cysticercosis (C. cellulosae)

Devil facial tumour disease
Dourine
Duck virus enteritis (duck plague)
Duck virus hepatitis

East coast fever (Theileria parva) and Mediterranean Theileriosis (Theileria annulata)
Elaphostrongylosis
Encephalitides (tick-borne)
Enzootic abortion of ewes
Epizootic haemorrhagic disease (clinical disease)
Epizootic lymphangitis
Equine encephalomyelitis (eastern, western and Venezuelan)
Equine encephalosis
Equine influenza
Equine piroplasmosis (Babesia caballi and Theileria equi)

Fasciola gigantica
Foot and mouth disease
Fowl typhoid (S. gallinarum)

Getah virus
Goat pox
Glanders

Haemorrhagic septicaemia
Heartwater
Hendra virus

Infectious bursal disease (hypervirulent and exotic antigenic variant forms)

Japanese encephalitis
Jembrana disease

Leishmaniosis
Louping ill
Lumpy skin disease

Maedi-visna
Malignant catarrhal fever (wildebeest associated)
Menangle virus (porcine paramyxovirus)

Nairobi sheep disease
Newcastle disease
Nipah virus

Peste des petits ruminants
Porcine myocarditis (Bungowannah virus)
Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome
Post-weaning multisystemic wasting syndrome
Potomac fever
Pulmonary adenomatosis (Jaagsiekte)

Rabies
Rift Valley fever
Rinderpest

Salmonella enteritidis infection in poultry
Salmonellosis (S. abortus-equi)
Salmonellosis (S. abortus-ovis)
Screw worm fly - New World (Cochliomyia homnivorax)
Screw worm fly – Old World (Chrysomya bezziana)
Sheep pox and goat pox
Sheep scab
Spongiform encephalopathies
Surra (Trypanosoma evansi)
Swine influenza
Swine vesicular disease

Teschen disease (Porcine enterovirus encephalomyelitis)
Transmissible gastroenteritis
Transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (bovine spongiform encephalopathy, chronic wasting disease of deer, feline spongiform encephalopathy, scrapie)
Trichinellosis
Trypanosomiasis (tsetse fly associated)
Tuberculosis (Mycobacterium bovis)
Tularaemia
Turkey rhinotracheitis (avian metapneumovirus)

Vesicular exanthema
Vesicular stomatitis

Warble fly myiasis
Wesselsbron disease
West Nile virus clinical infection

PART B - DISEASES OF BEES -
(Notify within 12 hours or 7 days)

American foul brood disease (Paenibacillus larvae)
Braula fly (Braula coeca)
Chalk brood disease
European foul brood disease
Nosema (Nosema apis)
Small hive beetle (Aethina tumida)

PART B - EXOTIC DISEASES OF BEES -
(Notify immediately)

Africanised bees
Tracheal mite (Acarapis woodi)
Tropilaelaps mite (Tropilaelaps claerae)
Varroosis (Varroa destructor)
Varroosis (Varroa jacobsonii)

PART C - DISEASES OF FISH, MOLLUSCS AND AMPHIBIANS
(Notify within 12 hours or 7 days)

Diseases of Fin Fish

Aeromonas salmonicida - atypical strains
Epizootic haematopoietic necrosis – EHN virus
Epizootic ulcerative syndrome (Aphanomyces invadans)

Diseases of Molluscs

Bonamiosis (Bonamia species)

Diseases of Amphibians

Chytridiomycosis – Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis
Ranavirus

PART C – EXOTIC DISEASES OF FISH, MOLLUSCS AND CRUSTACEA -
(Notify immediately)

Exotic Diseases of Fin Fish

Bacterial kidney disease (Renibacterium salmoninarum)
Channel catfish virus disease
Enteric Redmouth disease (Yersinia ruckeri -Hagerman strain)
Enteric septicaemia of catfish (Edwardsiella ictaluri)
Epizootic haematopoietic necrosis – European catfish virus / European sheatfish virus
Furunculosis (Aeromonas salmonicida subsp. salmonicida)
Grouper iridoviral disease
Gyrodactylosis (Gyrodactylus salaris)
Infectious haematopoietic necrosis
Infectious pancreatic necrosis
Infectious salmon anaemia
Infectious spleen and kidney necrosis virus-like (ISKNV-like) viruses
Koi herpesvirus disease
Piscirickettsiosis (Piscirickettsia salmonis)
Red sea bream iridoviral disease
Spring viraemia of carp
Viral encephalopathy and retinopathy
Viral haemorrhagic septicaemia
Whirling disease (Myxobolus cerebralis)

Exotic Diseases of Molluscs

Abalone viral mortality
Abalone viral ganglioneuritis
Akoya Oyster disease
Bonamiosis (Bonamia ostreae, Bonamia exitiosus)
Iridoviroses
Marteilioides chungmuesis
Marteiliosis (Marteilia refringens, Marteilia sydneyi)
Mikrocytosis (Mikrocytos mackini)
Ostreid herpesvirus-1 µ variant (OsHV-1 µvar)
Perkinsosis (Perkinsus marinus, Perkinsus olseni)
Withering syndrome of abalones (Xenohaliotis californiensis)

Exotic Diseases of Crustacea

Crayfish plague (Aphanomyces astaci)
Gill-associated virus
Infectious hepatopancreatitis
Infectious hypodermal and haematopoietic necrosis
Infectious myonecrosis

Milky haemolymph disease of spiny lobsters (Panulirus spp)
Monodon slow growth syndrome
Taura syndrome
White spot disease

White tail disease
Yellowhead disease - yellowhead virus

Website for Acts & Regs (copy this and paste into your browser):

http://www.dms.dpc.vic.gov.au/Domino/Web_Notes/LDMS/PubLawToday.nsf?OpenDatabase

Relevant regulations from:

LIVESTOCK DISEASE CONTROL REGULATIONS 2006

PART 2 – NOTIFICATION OF LIVESTOCK DISEASES

5.    Notification of certain diseases (other than exotic diseases)

1. For the purposes of section 7(3) of the Act, a person must notify an inspector -

2. (a) of the presence of a disease listed in Part A of Schedule 2, without delay; and
   (b) of the presence of a disease listed in Part B of Schedule 2, within 12 hours; and
   (c) of the presence of a disease listed in Part C of Schedule 2, within 7 days; and
   (d) of the presence of a disease not listed in Schedule 2 (other than an exotic disease) within 12 hours – after becoming aware of or suspecting the presence of the disease.

   
   
2. For the purposes of section 7(3) of the Act, a notification under sub-regulation (1) is in the prescribed manner if it contains the following particulars-

3. (a) the species of the livestock or the species of livestock from which the livestock product was derived;
   (b) the property identification code identifying the property at which the livestock is kept (if relevant);
   (c) the disease suspected to be present;
   (ca) the number and type of livestock on the property;
   (cb) the number of live animals that are affected and the number of live animals that are not affected;
   (cc) the number of dead animals
   (cd) a description of the signs of the disease;
   (ce) whether a veterinarian has been consulted for the purposes of determining whether the livestock, livestock product or hive is infected with any disease;
   (cf) if a veterinarian has been consulted in accordance with paragraph (ce), the name and contact details of the veterinarian
   (d) the address or description of the location at which the livestock, livestock product or hives were observed;
   (e) the date of onset of signs of the disease;
   (f) the age of any livestock suspected to be affected by the disease;
   (g) whether any specimens have been submitted to a laboratory for the purpose of determining whether the livestock, livestock product or hive is infected with any disease;
   (h) the name and address of the laboratory to which any specimen has been sent;
   (i) the name and address of the owner of the affected livestock, livestock product or hive (if known);
   (j) the name, address and telephone number of the person making the notification;
   (k) the date of the notification.

6.    Retention of documents evidencing disease

An owner of livestock and any veterinary practitioner who becomes aware of or suspects the presence of a disease (including an exotic disease) in livestock must retain any documents evidencing the presence of the disease for a period of 7 years -

Part 5 - TESTING FOR DISEASES

37.    Standards for testing

1. For the purposes of section 16(3)(a) of the Act the prescribed standards for the testing, analysis and diagnostic examination of any sample or specimen for the purpose of determining whether it is infected with a disease are—

   (a)    the standards relevant to that disease in the Australian and New Zealand Standard Diagnostic Procedures as approved by the Primary Industries Standing Committee as amended and in force from time to time; and
   (b)    in any other case, the standards relevant to that disease in the Australian Standard Diagnostic Techniques for Animal Diseases as published by the Standing Committee on Agriculture and Resource Management in 1993 as amended and in force from time to time.

2. For the purposes of section 16(4) of the Act the prescribed standard of accreditation for the facilities and operational practices of veterinary diagnostic laboratories is accreditation in accordance with AS ISO/IEC 17025—2005 General requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories published 6 December 2005 as amended and in force from time to time.

38.    Records to be kept in relation to laboratory examinations

1. For the purposes of section 16(3)(b) of the Act, the prescribed records are -

   (a) the date of submission of a sample or specimen;
   (b) the name and address of the owner of the livestock from which the sample or specimen is submitted;
   (c) the name and address of the person submitting the sample or specimen;
   (d) the property identification code identifying the property at which the livestock is kept;
   (e) a brief description of the sample or specimen submitted;
   (f) a brief description of the test, analysis or the diagnostic examination performed on the sample or specimen;
   (g) a brief description of the results of the test, analysis or diagnostic examination;
   (h) any comments on the relevance of the test, analysis or diagnostic examination performed;
   (i) any provisional and final diagnosis in relation to the test, analysis or diagnostic examination.

2. For the purposes of section 16(3)(b) of the Act, any documentation accompanying a sample or specimen submitted and any formalin fixed or paraffin embedded sample submitted must be kept for a period of 7 years after submission.

39.    Time and manner of reporting

For the purposes of section 16(3)(b) of the Act, the prescribed time and manner for submitting the records set out in regulation 38(1) to the Secretary is -

Relevant section of:

Livestock Disease Control Act 1994

7.    Notification of diseases

1. If a person knows or has reason to suspect that a disease is present in livestock, livestock products or hives--

   (a)    owned by that person or in the possession, control or charge of that person; or
   (b)    on land owned or occupied by that person; or
   (c)    dealt with by that person as a veterinary practitioner, inspector under the Meat Industry Act 1993 or the Export Control Act 1982 of the Commonwealth, operator of a meat processing facility licensed under the Meat Industry Act 1993 where a quality assurance program is in force, the owner or person in charge of premises registered as a diagnostic veterinary laboratory, knacker, stock agent or other person dealing with livestock, livestock products or hives by way of a profession, trade or business
   
   the person must notify an inspector in accordance with sub-section (2) or (3).

2. Penalty:
   240 penalty units or 24 months imprisonment or both, in the case of an exotic disease.
   120 penalty units, in the case of any other disease.

2. In the case of an exotic disease, the person must notify an inspector without delay after becoming aware or suspecting that the disease is present by the quickest means of communication available.
3. In the case of a disease other than an exotic disease, the person must notify an inspector within the prescribed time and in the prescribed manner after becoming aware or suspecting that the disease is present

Note, the "prescribed manner" of notification includes the particulars outlined above under Part 2—Notification of Livestock Diseases.