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Reportable diseases: Aquatic animals

Reportable diseases, as outlined in the Health of Animals Act and the Reportable Diseases Regulations are diseases of significant importance to aquatic animal health and to the Canadian economy.

Anyone who owns or works with aquatic animals must report suspect cases of these diseases to a veterinarian at a Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) district office.

See the number of confirmed cases of federally reportable diseases for aquatic animals in Canada.

Crustaceans

  • Taura syndrome
  • White spot disease
  • Yellow head disease

Finfish

  • Ceratomyxosis (Ceratonova shasta, syn. Ceratomyxa shasta)
  • Epizootic haematopoietic necrosis
  • Infectious haematopoietic necrosis
  • Infectious pancreatic necrosis
  • Infectious salmon anaemia
  • Koi herpesvirus disease
  • Spring viraemia of carp
  • Viral haemorrhagic septicaemia
  • Whirling disease (Myxobolus cerebralis)
  • White sturgeon iridoviral disease

Molluscs

Detections of MSX and Dermo in oysters in Canada

  • Disease caused by Bonamia ostreae
  • Multinucleate sphere unknown (MSX, Haplosporidium nelsoni)
  • Disease caused by Marteilia refringens
  • Disease caused by Marteiliodes chungmuensis
  • Denman Island disease (Mikrocytos mackini)
  • Dermo (Perkinsus marinus)
  • Disease caused by Perkinsus olseni
Date modified:
2025-02-07

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