Indiana maintains a list of animal diseases that must be reported to the Board of Animal Health. Veterinarians, lab diagnosticians and producers bear specific levels of reporting responsibility under the rule. (345 IAC 1-6-2) Diseases on the list pose a significant risk to economic, animal and/or human health in Indiana and the United States.
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Effective July 1, 2022 345 IAC 1-6-2
The following diseases must be reported to the State Veterinarian within 24 hours of a diagnosis and/or identification of clinical signs:
Any Species
Akabane (congenital arthrogryposis-hydranencephaly syndrome)
Anthrax (Bacillus anthracis)
Aujeszky's disease virus (pseudorabies virus)
Bluetongue virus (BTV)
Bovine tuberculosis (Mycobacterium bovis)
Brucellosis (B. abortus, B. canis, B. ovis, B. melitensis, B. suis)
Camelpox
Crimean Congo hemorrhagic fever
Cysticercosis (Larval form of Taenia spp)
Eastern equine encephalomyelitis (EEE)
Echinococcus/Hydatidosis
Epizootic hemorrhagic disease (EHD)
Foreign Animal Diseases
Foot and mouth disease (FMD)
Glanders (Burkholderia mallei)
Heartwater (Ehrlichia ruminantium)
Japanese encephalitis
Johne's disease (Mycobacterium avium paratuberculosis)
Leishmaniasis (Leishmania)
Malignant catarrhal fever (MCF)
Melioidosis (Burkholderia pseudomallei)
New world screwworm (Cochliomyia hominivorax)
Nipah virus
Old world screwworm (Chrysomya bezziana)
Plague (Yersinia pestis)
Q fever (Coxiella burnetii)
Rabies
Rift Valley fever (RVF)
Rinderpest
Surra (Trypanosoma evansi)
Transmissible spongiform encephalopathies
Trichinella spp.
Trypanosomiasis (T. congolense, T. vivax, T. brucei)
Tularemia (Francisella tularensis)
Venezuelan equine encephalomyelitis (VEE)
Vesicular diseases
Vesicular stomatitis (VS)
West Nile fever (WNF)
Western equine encephalomyelitis (WEE)
Cattle, Bison, and Buffalo
Bovine anaplasmosis (Anaplasma marginale, A. centrale)
Bovine babesiosis (Babesia bovis, B. bigemina)
Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE)
Bovine genital campylobacteriosis (Campylobacter fetus venerealis)
Bovine viral diarrhea (BVD)
Contagious bovine pleuropneumonia (Mycoplasma mycoides mycoides)
Enzootic bovine leukosis (BLV)
Hemorrhagic septicemia (Pasteurella multocida, B/Asian or E/African serotypes)
Infectious bovine rhinotracheitis/infectious pustular vulvovaginitis (IBR/IPV)
Lumpy skin disease
Theileriosis (Theileria annulata, T. parva)
Trichomonosis (Tritrichomonas (Trichomonas) foetus)
Sheep and Goats
Caprine arthritis/encephalitis (CAE)
Contagious agalactia (Mycoplasma agalactiae, M. capricolum capricolum, M. putrefaciens, M. mycoides mycoides)
Contagious caprine pleuropneumonia (Mycoplasma capricolum capripneumoniae)
Enzootic abortion of ewes (Ovine psittacosis, Chlamydia abortus)
Maedi-visna/ovine progressive pneumonia (OPP)
Nairobi sheep disease
Peste des petits ruminants
Salmonella (Salmonella Abortusovis)
Scabies (Sarcoptes scabiei var. ovis, Chorioptes bovis, Psoroptes ovis, Psoroptes cuniculi, Psorergates ovis)
Scrapie
Sheep pox and goat pox
Equine
African horse sickness
Contagious equine metritis (Taylorella equigenitalis) (CEM)
Dourine (Trypanosoma equiperdum)
Equine herpesvirus myeloencephalopathy (EHV1-EHM)
Equine infectious anemia (EIA)
Equine influenza (virus type A)
Equine piroplasmosis (Babesiosis, Theileria equi, B. caballi)
Equine viral arteritis (EVA)
Hendra virus
Swine
African swine fever (ASF)
Classical swine fever (CSF)
Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS)
Swine erysipelas (Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae)
Swine vesicular disease
Transmissible gastroenteritis (TGE)
Vesicular exanthema
Birds
Avian chlamydiosis (Psittacosis and Ornithosis, Chlamydia psittaci)
Avian infectious bronchitis
Avian infectious laryngotracheitis
Avian influenza
Avian mycoplasmosis (Mycoplasma gallisepticum) (MG) in turkeys
Avian mycoplasmosis (Mycoplasma synoviae)
Duck virus hepatitis
Egg drop syndrome virus
Fowl typhoid (Salmonella Gallinarum)
Infectious bursal disease (Gumboro disease)
Newcastle disease
Pullorum disease (Salmonella Pullorum)
Turkey rhinotracheitis
Lagomorphs
Myxomatosis
Rabbit hemorrhagic disease
Cervids
Chronic wasting disease (CWD)
Fish
Bacterial kidney disease (Renibacterium salmoninarum)
Gyrodactylosis (Gyrodactylus salaris)
Epizootic hematopoietic necrosis
Epizootic ulcerative syndrome
Infectious hematopoietic necrosis
Infectious pancreatic necrosis
Infectious salmon anemia (ISA)
Koi herpesvirus disease
Oncorhynchus masou virus disease
Piscirickettsiosis (Piscirickettsia salmonis)
Red Sea bream iridoviral disease
Salmon pancreas disease (salmonid alphavirus)
Spring viremia of carp
Tilapia lake virus
Viral encephalopathy and retinopathy
Viral hemorrhagic septicemia (VHS)
White sturgeon iridoviral disease
Whirling disease (Myxobolus cerebralis)
Crustaceans
Crayfish plague (Aphanomyces astaci)
Infectious myonecrosis
Infectious hypodermal and hematopoietic necrosis
Necrotizing hepatopancreatitis
Spherical baculovirosis (Penaeus monodon-type baculovirus)
Tetrahedral baculovirosis (Baculovirus penaei)
Taura syndrome
White spot disease
White tail disease
Yellowhead disease
Mollusks
Abalone viral mortality
Bonamia exitiosa
Bonamia ostreae
Haplosporidium nelsoni (MSX) or Haplosporidium costale (sea side organism)
Marteilia chungmeunsis
Marteilia syndeyi
Marteilia refringens
Mikrocytos roughleyi
Ostreid herpesvirus-1 microvariant
Perkinsus marinus
Perkinsus olseni
QPX (Quahog parasite unknown)
Xenohaliotis californiensis
The state veterinarian may do the following:
Conduct surveillance for reportable diseases.
Establish a reporting agreement with a laboratory that does not require reporting every diagnosis of a particular disease listed in subsection (a) if the reporting standard is consistent with the National Animal Health Reporting System and board programs.