Reportable and notifiable diseases

Reportable and notifiable diseases are microbes, parasites, toxins, and syndromes that are particularly harmful. They are deemed reportable under the Animal Health Act.

This is so that the Chief Veterinarian can implement monitoring, prevention, control, and/or eradication measures to:

• Determine their presence, identity, nature, effects or spread
• Safeguard animal health
• Safeguard public health
• Avoid barriers to trade
• Address other related concerns in the public interest

Reportable and notifiable diseases in B.C.

The following is a summary of the microbes, parasites, toxins, and syndromes that are reportable or notifiable in B.C. Please see the Reportable and Notifiable Disease Regulation for details.

Note that, in addition to the specific diseases listed below, an illness affecting any animal that is known to be, or that may be, zoonotic in nature is a reportable disease if any of the following signs or indicators are present:

• The illness has never, or has rarely been, observed in British Columbia
• The illness appears in a species in which the disease has never, or has rarely, been observed
• The illness has, or appears to have, a higher pathogenicity than usual

Additionally, an illness in any animal is prescribed as a reportable disease if:

• Clusters of the illness include more animals
• Appear more frequently, or
• Appear over a larger geographic area than usual

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Mammal diseases

Aquatic diseases

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