Disease Information

Reportable Diseases

Disease reporting may be achieved using our online Disease Reporting Form. Alternatively, you may download a Reportable Disease Form (PDF) that you may print and fax to Kate Hayford, 207-624-5062 or e-mail katherine.hayford@maine.gov

List of Reportable Diseases (PDF)

Please report a suspicion of or a confirmation of the following diseases to the Division of Animal Health immediately:

Maine Reportable Diseases - Updated 2011
BOVINE
	Immediate Reporting
		a.		Bluetongue
		b.		Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy BSE
		c.		Brucellosis
		d.		Malignant Catarrhal Fever MCF
		e.		Tuberculosis
		f.		Any Vesicular Disease
		g.		Toxic Substance Exposure that may threaten animal health, human health, or food safety.
		h.		All unexplained increase in dead or diseased animals
		i.		All exotic or eradicated diseases

	Monthly reporting
		a.	Anaplasmosis
		b.	Johne's Disease Mycobacterium avium paratuberculosis
		c.	Trichomoniasis
EQUINE
	Immediate Reporting
		a.	Contagious Equine Metritis CEM
		b.	Eastern/Western Equine Encephalitis EEE/WEE
		c.	Equine Herpes Myeloencephalopathy Equine herpes virus-1
		d.	Equine Infectious Anemia EIA
		e.	Equine Piroplasmosis
		f	Equine Viral Arteritis EVA
		g	Vesicular Stomatitis
		h	West Nile Virus
		i	Toxic Substance Exposure that may threaten animal health, human health, or food safety.
		j	All unexplained increase in dead or diseased animals
		k	All exotic or eradicated diseases

	Monthly reporting
		a.	Equine Protozoal Myeloencephalitis Sarcosystis neurona
		b.	Potomac Horse Fever
		c.	Strangles Streptococcus equi

PORCINE
	Immediate reporting
		a.	Brucellosis
		b.	Pseudorabies
		c	Swine Influenza
		d.	Trichinellosis Trichinella spiralis
		e.	Tuberculosis
		f.	Any Vesicular Disease
		g.	Toxic Substance Exposure that may threaten animal health, human health, or food safety.
		h.	All unexplained increase in dead or diseased animals
		i.	All exotic or eradicated diseases
	Monthly reporting
		a.	Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome PRRS


CAPRINE/OVINE
	Immediate reporting
		a.	Bluetongue
		b.	Brucellosis
		c.	Contagious ecthyma (Orf)
		d.	Scrapie
		e.	Tuberculosis
		f.	Any Vesicular Disease
		g.	Toxic Substance Exposure that may threaten animal health, human health, or food safety.
		h.	All unexplained increase in dead or diseased animals
		i.	All exotic or eradicated diseases

	Monthly reporting
		a.	Johne's Disease Mycobacterium avium paratuberculosis
		b.	Toxoplasmosis

POULTRY
	Immediate Reporting
		a.	Avian Chlamydiosis Chlamydia psittaci
		b.	Avian Influenza
		c.	Avian Pox
		d.	Exotic Newcastle Disease
		e.	Pullorum/ Fowl Typhoid Salmonella pullorum/ S. gallinarum
		f.	Salmonella enteritidis SE
		g.	Toxic Substance Exposure that may threaten animal health, human health, or food safety.
		h.	All unexplained increase in dead or diseased animals
		i.	All exotic or eradicated diseases

	Monthly Reporting
		a.	Duck plague (Duck Viral Enteritis)
		b.	Erysipelas Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae
		c.	Fowl cholera Pasturella multocida
		d.	Infectious Coryza
		e	Infectious laryngotracheitis ILT
		f	MG/MS Mycoplasma gallisepticum/synoviae
		g.	Other Salmonellosis

MULTIPLE SPECIES
	Immediate Reporting
		a.	Anthrax
		b.	H1N1 Influenza in any species
		c.	Leptospirosis
		d.	Plague Yersinia pestis
		e.	Q Fever Coxiella burnetti
		f.	Rabies
		g.	Tularemia Francisella tularensis
		h.	Toxic Substance Exposure that may threaten animal health, human health, or food safety.
		i.	All unexplained increase in dead or diseased animals
		j.	All exotic or erradicated diseases

	Monthly Reporting
		a.	Canine influenza
		b.	Salmonellosis

According to Sec 32. 7 M.R.S.A. §1801 and 01-001 Chapter 206: Prevention and Control of Certain Diseases of Domestic Animals and Poultry, diseases or pathogens must be reported to the Maine Department of Agriculture, Division of Animal Health.

Disease reporting may be achieved using our on-line Disease Reporting Form.

When reporting, please provide the following information:

Name, address and phone of veterinarian
Specify disease or event
Suspected OR confirmed diagnosis
Owner Information
Name, address, phone, street/mailing address and county
Specify animal
Species and number of infected animals
Action taken prior to notification
What sort of advice to provide owner?
What tests were conducted?
What were the results?
Any other pertinent information.

Disease reporting may be achieved using our online Disease Reporting Form.

Although not yet in rule, we would ask your cooperation in reporting the following immediately:

Any vesicular lesions that you question may be a foreign disease (especially where there is blistering around the nose, mouth, hooves and/or teats)
Hemorrhagic or CNS problems affecting a herd or flock
Any sudden unexplained morbidity/mortality in a herd or flock
Any Clustering of illness in an area
"Small Animal" zoonotic disease or a toxicity tht may pose a significant public health risk.
Basically, "Anything Weird" that you have a question about

The following diseases or suspicion of these diseases:

Glanders
Plague
Tularemia
West Niles Virus
Venezuelan Equeine Encephalitis
Vesicular Stomatitis
Botulism