Rule 40-13-4-.02. Reportable Diseases

1. (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. (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. (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. (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. (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. (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.

Authority: O.C.G.A. Secs. 4-1-3, 4-4-1, 4-4-64, 4-4-67.

History. Original Rule entitled "Out of State Cattle" adopted. F. and eff. June 30, 1965.

Repealed: New Rule entitled "Test Requirements" adopted. F. Apr. 1, 1970; eff. Apr. 20, 1970.

Amended: F. July 15, 1971; eff. August 4, 1971.

Amended: ER. 40-13-4-0.5-.02 adopted. F. and eff. August 29, 1972.

Amended: Permanent Rule adopted. F. Feb. 26, 1973; eff. Mar. 18, 1973.

Amended: ER. 40-13-4-0.9-.02 adopted. F. and eff. March 4, 1974.

Amended: Permanent Rule adopted. F. Mar. 29, 1974; eff. Apr. 18, 1974.

Amended: F. Mar. 16, 1976; eff. Apr. 5, 1976.

Repealed: New Rule entitled "Test Requirements and Special Handling Procedures" adopted. F. May 2, 1984; eff. May 22, 1984.

Amended: F. Oct. 3, 1985; eff. Oct. 23, 1985.

Amended: F. Jan. 24, 1991; eff. Feb. 13, 1991.

Repealed: New Rule entitled "Reportable Diseases" adopted. F. Jan. 17, 2003; eff. Feb. 6, 2003.

Amended: F. Sept. 2, 2011; eff. Sept. 22, 2011.