WAC 16-70-020
Other diseases reportable to WSDA.
(1) In addition to the diseases published on the OIE notifiable disease list, the state veterinarian may request reports on other diseases of concern from a statistical or survey standpoint associated with overall disease control measures.
(2) Any veterinarian or veterinary laboratory must report to the office of the state veterinarian any of the diseases listed in subsection (5) of this section. Reports may be faxed to
360-902-2087 or sent to:
Washington State Department of Agriculture
Animal Services Division
1111 Washington Street S.E.
P.O. Box 42577
Olympia, Washington 98504-2577
(3) In addition to reporting requirements listed in the chart below, laboratories must send to the office of the state veterinarian reports of cultures of isolates from Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Cryptococcus excluding confirmed Cryptococcus neoformans, and Vancomycin resistant Staphylococcus aureus immediately after they are identified or the next business day.
(4) Veterinary laboratory directors must submit positive specimens of the diseases listed in subsection (3) of this section and any requested information to the state public health laboratories at:
Washington State Public Health Laboratories
Washington State Department of Health
1610 N.E. 150th Street
Seattle, Washington 98155
(5) The tables below describe the time frames associated with reportable diseases.
emergency conditionsor disease Report to state veterinarian immediately upon suspicion |
multiple species |
• | Anthrax (Bacillus anthracis) |
• | Crimean Congo hemorrhagic fever |
• | Foot-and-mouth disease |
• | Heartwater (Cowdria ruminantium) |
• | Japanese encephalitis |
• | Livestock exposed to toxic substances which may threaten public health |
• | Malignant catarrhal fever (all forms) |
• | Mycobacterium tuberculosis |
• | Rabies in any species (excluding bats) |
• | Rift Valley fever |
• | Rinderpest (cattle plague) |
• | Screwworm myiasis (Cochliomyia hominivorax or Chrysomya bezziana) |
• | Surra (Trypanosoma evansi) |
• | Theileriosis (Corridor disease, East Coast fever) |
• | Unexplained increase in dead or diseased animals |
• | Vancomycin resistant (Staphylococcus aureus) |
• | Vesicular stomatitis |
bovine |
• | African trypanosomiasis (Tsetse fly diseases) |
• | Bovine babesiosis (piroplasmosis) |
• | Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (mad cow) |
• | Contagious bovine pleuropneumonia (Mycoplasma mycoides mycoides) |
• | Lumpy skin disease |
caprine/ovine |
• | Contagious agalactia (Mycoplasma agalactia) |
• | Contagious caprine pleuropneumonia (Mycoplasma capricolum capripneumoniae) |
• | Nairobi sheep disease |
• | Goat plague (Peste des petits ruminants) |
• | Salmonella abortus ovis |
• | Sheep and goat pox |
porcine |
• | African swine fever |
• | Classical swine fever (hog cholera) |
• | Nipah virus |
• | Swine vesicular disease |
• | Vesicular exanthema of swine |
poultry |
• | Exotic Newcastle disease (Viscerotropic velogenic Newcastle disease) |
• | High pathogenic avian influenza and low pathogenic avian influenza |
• | Turkey rhinotracheitis |
equine |
• | African horse sickness |
• | Dourine (Trypanosoma equiperdum) |
• | Equine piroplasmosis (Theileria equi and Babesia caballi) |
• | Glanders (Farcy) (Pseudomonas mallei) |
• | Hendra virus (Equine morbillivirus) |
• | Venezuelan equine encephalomyelitis |
other species |
• | Viral hemorrhagic disease of rabbits (calicivirus) |
conditions of regulatoryimportance Report to state veterinarian within twenty-four hours of suspicion or confirmation |
multiple species |
• | Bluetongue |
• | Brucellosis |
| • | Bovine (Brucella abortus) |
| • | Canine (Brucella canis) |
| • | Caprine (Brucella abortus and B. melitensis) |
| • | Cervids (Brucella abortus) |
| • | Ovine (Brucella ovis) |
| • | Porcine (Brucella suis) |
• | Cryptococcus not confirmed to be Cryptococcus neoformans |
• | Plague (Yersinia pestis) |
• | Pseudorabies (Aujeszky’s disease) |
• | Tularemia |
• | West Nile virus |
bovine |
• | Bovine tuberculosis (Mycobacterium bovis) |
• | Trichomoniasis (Trichomonas fetus) |
caprine/ovine |
• | Contagious ecthyma (Orf) |
• | Scrapie |
poultry |
• | Avian infectious laryngotracheitis |
• | Ornithosis (psittacosis or avian chlamydiosis) (Chlamydia psittaci) |
• | Pullorum disease (fowl typhoid) (Salmonella gallinarum and S. pullorum) |
equine |
• | Contagious equine metritis (Taylorella equigenitalis) |
• | Ehrlichiosis (Potomac horse fever) |
• | Equine encephalomyelitis (Eastern and Western equine encephalitis) |
• | Equine infectious anemia (swamp fever) |
• | Equine rhinopneumonitis (Equine herpesvirus-1 neurologic form) |
swine |
• | Porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDv) |
other species |
• | Chronic wasting disease in cervids |
• | Tuberculosis in cervids |
monitored conditions Report by monthly summaries |
multiple species |
• | Avian tuberculosis (Mycobacterium avium) |
• | Coccidioidomycosis (Coddidioides immitis) (valley fever) |
• | Echinococcosis/Hydatidosis (Echinococcus sp.) |
• | Johne’s disease (Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis) |
• | Leishmaniasis |
• | Leptospirosis |
• | Listeriosis |
• | Lyme Disease |
• | Q Fever (Coxiella burnetii) |
• | Salmonella |
• | Scabies |
bovine |
• | Anaplasmosis (Anaplasma marginale or A. centrale) |
• | Beef measles ( Taenia saginata) |
• | Bovine genital campylobacteriosis (Campylobacter fetus venerealis) |
• | Bovine viral diarrhea |
• | Enzootic bovine leukosis (Bovine leukemia virus) |
caprine/ovine |
• | Caprine (contagious) arthritis/encephalitis) |
• | Caseous lymphadenitis |
• | Enzootic abortion of ewes (Chlamydophila abortus) |
• | Maedi-Visna (Ovine progressive pneumonia) |
porcine |
• | Porcine circovirus (post-weaning multisystemic wasting syndrome) |
• | Porcine cysticercosis (Taenia solium in humans) |
• | Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome |
• | Transmissible gastroenteritis (coronavirus) |
• | Trichinellosis (Trichinella spiralis) |
poultry |
• | Avian infectious bronchitis |
• | Avian mycoplasmosis (Mycoplasma synoviae) |
• | Duck viral hepatitis |
• | Fowl cholera (Pasteurella multocida) |
• | Infectious bursal disease (Gumboro disease) |
• | Infectious coryza (Avibacterium paragallinarum) |
• | Marek’s disease |
• | Mycoplasmosis (Mycoplasma gallisepticum) |
equine |
• | Equine influenza |
• | Equine rhinopneumonitis (Equine herpesvirus-1 non-neurologic form) |
• | Equine viral arteritis |
• | Strangles (Streptococcus equisubsp. equi) |
• | Pigeon Fever (Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis) |
other species |
• | Fish diseases on the OIE notifiable disease list |
• | Heartworm |
• | Hemorrhagic diseases of deer (bluetongue, adenovirus, and epizootic hemorrhagic disease) |
• | Myxomatosis in commercial rabbits |
[Statutory Authority: RCW
16.36.040 and chapter
34.05 RCW. WSR 15-02-027, § 16-70-020, filed 12/30/14, effective 1/30/15. Statutory Authority: Chapters
16.36 and
34.05 RCW. WSR 10-13-055, § 16-70-020, filed 6/10/10, effective 7/11/10; WSR 07-10-087, § 16-70-020, filed 5/1/07, effective 6/1/07. Statutory Authority: RCW
16.36.096 and
16.36.040. WSR 93-19-127 (Order 5011), § 16-70-020, filed 9/21/93, effective 10/22/93; Order 1005, Regulation 4, filed 7/22/66, effective 8/22/66.]
