- (1) Any person practicing veterinary medicine in this state shall immediately notify the department by telephone upon observing any of the following abnormalities in any species of livestock:
(a) Any unidentified vesicular disease;
(b) Any exotic disease or foreign animal disease, even if only suspected;
(c) Any disease of unknown etiology exhibiting highly pathogenic or lethal effect;
(d) Any exotic vector (flies and fly larvae, mites, and ticks); or
(e) Any disease, infection, or infestation in domestic or wild animals that is a threat to terrestrial animals, aquatic animals, or humans, and meets any one of the following criteria:
(A) An unknown agent is causing disease in a herd, flock, or premises and has the potential to result in a significant animal or public health impact, and applied diagnostic tests have yielded negative or non- definitive results; or
(B) A newly identified agent is causing disease in a herd, flock, or premises and has the potential to cause significant animal or public health impact, or is occurring in multiple herds, flocks, or premises; or
(C) A previously identified or known pathogenic agent that has a change in epidemiology, such as:
(i) Unexpected production impacts or morbidity/mortality over a previously defined range for the agent;
(ii) Expanded host range; or
(iii) Change in geography of an agent with the potential to cause a significant animal or public health impact.
(2) Any person practicing veterinary medicine in this state shall immediately notify the department by telephone upon observing clinical evidence of any of the following diseases in any species of livestock.
(a) Bacterial Diseases:
(A) Anthrax (Bacillus anthracis);
(B) Avian chlamydiosis/psittacosis (Chlamydia psittaci);
(C) Bovine Tuberculosis (Mycobacterium bovis);
(D) Brucellosis (Brucella abortus, B. mellitensis, B. suis, B. canis);
(E) Contagious bovine pleuropneumonia (Mycoplasma mycoides subsp. mycoides);
(F) Contagious caprine pleuropneumonia (Mycoplasma capricolum subsp. capripneumoniae);
(G) Contagious equine metritis (Taylorella equigenitalis);
(H) Fowl typhoid (Salmonella enterica serovar Gallinarum);
(I) Glanders (Burkholderia mallei);
(J) Heartwater (Ehrlichia ruminantium);
(K) Hemorrhagic septicemia (Pasteurella multocida, serotypes B or E);
(L) Melioidosis (Burkholderia pseudomallei);
(M) Pigeon fever/Ulcerative lymphangitis (Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis);
(N) Plague (Yersinia pestis);
(O) Pullorum disease (Salmonella enterica serovar Pullorum);
(P) Q fever (Coxiella burnetii);
(Q) Salmonella Enteritidis (Salmonella enterica serovar Enteritidis);
(R) Salmonella Typhimurium (Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium);
(S) Strangles (Streptococcus equi equi);
(T) Streptococcus equi subspecies zooepidemicus; and
(U) Tularemia (Francisella tularensis).
(b) Fungal Diseases: Systemic fungal diseases.
(c) Parasitic Diseases:
(A) Babesiosis (Babesia bovis, B. bigemina);
(B) Dourine (Trypanosoma equiperdum);
(C) Equine piroplasmosis (Theileria equi, Babesia caballi);
(D) Leishmaniasis (Leishmania spp.);
(E) Mange (Sarcoptes scabiei var ovis, Choriptes bovis, Psoroptes ovis, Psoroptes cuniculi, Psoregates ovis);
(F) New World screwworm (Cochliomyia hominivorax);
(G) Old World screwworm (Chrysomya bezziana);
(H) Surra (Trypanosoma evansi);
(I) Theileriosis (Theileria annulate, T. parva);
(J) Trichinellosis (Trichinella spp.);
(K) Trichomoniasis (Tritrichomonas foetus); and
(L) Trypanosomosis (Tsetse-transmitted) (Trypanosoma congolense, T. vivax, T. brucei brucei).
(d) Prion Diseases:
(A) Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE);
(B) Chronic wasting disease (CWD); and
(C) Scrapie.
(e) Viral Diseases:
(A) African Horse Sickness;
(B) African swine fever;
(C) Akabane;
(D) Bluetongue;
(E) Camelpox;
(F) Classical swine fever;
(G) Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever;
(H) Duck viral hepatitis (duck hepatitis A virus, duck astrovirus type 1, duck astrovirus type 2) (domestic poultry);
(I) Epizootic hemorrhagic disease;
(J) Equine encephalomyelitis (Eastern);
(K) Equine encephalomyelitis (Venezuelan);
(L) Equine encephalomyelitis (Western);
(M) Equine infectious anemia;
(N) Equine rhinopneumotitis (Equine Herpesvirus, EHV-1) and equine herpesvirus-1 myeloencephalopathy (EHM);
(O) Foot and mouth disease (FMD);
(P) Hendra virus;
(Q) Influenza (Influenza A virus);
(R) Japanese encephalitis;
(S) Lumpy skin disease;
(T) Malignant catarrhal fever;
(U) Myxomatosis;
(V) Nairobi sheep disease;
(W) Newcastle disease (Avian paramyxovirus-1, APMV-1) (domestic poultry);
(X) Nipah virus;
(Y) Peste des petits ruminants;
(Z) Pseudorabies (Aujesky’s disease);
(AA) Rabbit hemorrhagic disease;
(BB) Rabies;
(CC) Rift Valley fever;
(DD) Rinderpest;
(EE) SARS-CoV-2;
(FF) Sheep pox and goat pox;
(GG) Swine vesicular disease;
(HH) Turkey rhinotracheitis (avian metapneumovirus) (domestic poultry);
(II) Vesicular exanthema of swine;
(JJ) Vesicular Stomatitis; and
(KK) West Nile virus.
(3) Any person practicing veterinary medicine in this state shall notify the department on forms provided by it, within 15 days of laboratory confirmation of any of the following monitored diseases. Automatic reporting by diagnostic laboratories may fulfill a veterinarian’s reporting requirement:
(a) Bacterial Diseases:
(A) Anaplasmosis (Anaplasma marginale, A. centrale);
(B) Avian mycoplasmosis (Mycoplasma gallisepticum, M. synoviae);
(C) Bartonellosis/Cat scratch disease (Bartonella spp.);
(D) Bovine genital campylobacteriosis (Campylobacter fetus venerealis);
(E) Campylobacter-associated abortion (Campylobacter spp.);
(F) Contagious agalactia (Mycoplasma agalactiae, M. capricolum subsp. capricolum, M. mycoides subsp. capri, M. putrefaciens);
(G) Enzootic abortion of ewes (Chlamydia abortus);
(H) Foothill abortion in cattle/Epizootic bovine abortion (Pajaroellobacter abortibovis);
(I) Infectious coryza (Avibacterium paragallinarum);
(J) Leptospirosis (Leptospira spp.);
(K) Lyme disease (Borrelia burgdorferi);
(L) Ovine epididymitis/Brucellosis in sheep (Brucella ovis);
(M) Paratuberculosis/Johne’s disease (Mycobacterium avium paratubercuosis);
(N) Rocky Mountain spotted fever (Rickettsia rickettsii);
(O) Salmon poisoning disease (Neorickettsia helminthoeca);
(P) Salmonella Abortusovis (Salmonella enterica serovar Abortusovis); and
(Q) Yersiniosis (Yersinia enterocolitica; Y. pseudotuberculosis).
(b) Fungal Diseases:
(A) Coccidioidomycosis/Valley fever (Coccidioides immitis; C. posadasii);
(B) Cryptococcosis (Cryptococcus spp.); and
(C) Histoplasmosis (Histoplasma capsulatum).
(c) Parasitic Diseases:
(A) Baylisascariasis (Baylisascaris spp.);
(B) Cryptosporidiosis (Cryptosporidium spp.);
(C) Cysticercosis (Taenia solium, T. saginata);
(D) Echinococcosis/Hydatidosis (Echinococcosis granulosis, E. multilocularis);
(E) Giardiasis (Giardia spp.);
(F) Heartworm disease (Dirofilaria immitis);
(G) Mange (Sarcoptes scabiei variants that are not listed as immediately reportable); and
(H) Toxoplasmosis (Toxoplasma gondii).
(d) Viral Diseases:
(A) Avian infectious bronchitis;
(B) Avian infectious laryngotracheitis;
(D) Bovine viral diarrhea;
(E) Canine distemper virus;
(F) Canine parvovirus;
(G) Caprine arthritis and encephalitis;
(H) Enzootic bovine leukosis;
(I) Equine enteric coronavirus;
(J) Equine viral arteritis;
(K) Feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV);
(L) Feline infectious peritonitis (FIP);
(M) Feline leukemia virus disease complex (FeLV);
(N) Feline panleukopenia;
(O) Infectious bovine rhinotracheitis/Infectious pustular vulvovaginitis;
(P) Infectious bursal disease/Gumboro disease;
(Q) Lymphocytic choriomeningitis;
(R) Maedi-visna/Ovine progressive pneumonia;
(S) Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS);
(T) Swine Enteric Coronavirus Diseases (SECD) (Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea virus (PEDv), Porcine Delta Coronavirus (PDCoV));
(U) Transmissible gastroenteritis virus; and
(V) Virulent systemic feline calicivirus.
Statutory/Other Authority
ORS 561.190, ORS 596.341 & ORS 596.321
Statutes/Other Implemented
ORS 596.321
History
DOA 28-2025, renumbered from 603-011-0212, filed 12/30/2025, effective 12/30/2025
DOA 4-2025, amend filed 01/31/2025, effective 02/01/2025
DOA 3-2024, temporary amend filed 04/16/2024, effective 04/16/2024 through 10/12/2024
DOA 21-2021, amend filed 07/28/2021, effective 08/01/2021
DOA 10-2021, temporary amend filed 04/02/2021, effective 04/02/2021 through 09/28/2021
DOA 16-2020, temporary amend filed 09/03/2020, effective 09/03/2020 through 03/01/2021
DOA 7-2016, f. & cert. ef. 4-5-16
DOA 14-2010, f. & cert. ef. 8-31-10
AD 1-1995, f. & cert. ef. 2-3-95
AD 2-1985, f. & ef. 1-18-85