Reportable diseases: Terrestrial animals
Reportable diseases are outlined in the Health of Animals Act and Reportable Diseases Regulations and are usually of significant importance to human or animal health or to the Canadian economy. Animal owners, veterinarians and laboratories are required to immediately report the presence of an animal that is contaminated or suspected of being contaminated with one of these diseases to a CFIA district veterinarian.
- African horse sickness Footnote 1
- African swine fever Footnote 1
- Avian influenza
- Anthrax
- Bluetongue
- Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE)
- Bovine tuberculosis
- Brucellosis
- Chronic wasting disease
- Classical swine fever
- Contagious bovine pleuropneumonia
- Contagious equine metritis Footnote 1
- Cysticercosis
- Equine infectious anemia
- Equine piroplasmosis
- Foot-and-mouth disease
- Fowl typhoid
- Lumpy skin disease Footnote 1
- Newcastle disease
- Peste des petits ruminants Footnote 1
- Pseudorabies Footnote 1
- Pullorum disease
- Rabies
- Rift Valley fever Footnote 1
- Rinderpest Footnote 1
- Scrapie
- Sheep and goat pox Footnote 1
- Swine vesicular disease Footnote 1
- Trichinellosis
- Venezuelan equine encephalomyelitis Footnote 1
- Vesicular stomatitis
Importation of animal pathogens
The importation and use of animal and zoonotic pathogens is regulated by the Health of Animals Act and Regulations. Import permits and facility certification can be obtained from the Biohazard Containment and Safety Division.
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