Reportable Communicable Diseases
The following are reportable diseases that must be reported to state (573) 751-3377 or federal (573) 658-9850 officials within 24 hours of suspicion or diagnosis:
All Species
- Anthrax
- Bovine Viral Diarrhea
- Brucellosis
- SARS CoV2
- Pseudorabies
- Rabies
- Screwworm
- Tuberculosis
- Vesicular stomatitis
- Zoonotic Diseases
Conditions—All species
Any highly unusual condition, unusual clinical signs of any kind, and any instance of high morbidity and/or mortality that does not fit classical picture of endemic disease and has not previously been identified in Missouri or the United States.
Possible list of clinical signs but not all inclusive:
- Vesicular lesions
- Neurological symptoms
- Severe abortion storms of unknown etiology
- Hemorrhagic septicemia
- Pox or lumpy skin conditions
- Suspicious necropsy finds
Communicable Diseases
The following must be reported to the Missouri Department of Health at (573) 751-6113 within 24 hours of suspicion or diagnosis:
- Rabies
Aquaculture (Fish)
- Infectious salmon anemia
- Spring viremia of carp
Avian (Poultry, chickens, turkeys & birds)
- Avian infectious encephalomyelitis
- Avian influenza
- Avian Metapneumovirus
- Infectious laryngotracheitis
- Mycoplasma synoviae
- Mycoplasma gallisepticum
- Mycoplasma meleagridis
- Newcastle disease (VVND)
- Salmonella Pullorum
Bovine (Cattle & Bison)
- Anthrax
- Bluetongue
- Bovine babesiosis (Texas fever, piroplasmosis)
- Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE)
- Brucellosis
- Contagious bovine pleuropneumonia
- Foot-and-mouth disease
- Heartwater
- Johnes
- Pseudorabies
- Rift valley fever
- Rinderpest (cattle plague)
- Screwworm
- Theileria orientalis
- Tuberculosis
- Trichomoniasis
- Vesicular stomatitis
Canine (Dogs) - Feline (Cats)
- Rabies
Caprine (Goat) - Ovine (Sheep)
- Brucellosis caused by Brucella meletensis and B. ovis
- Foot-and-mouth disease
- Goat and sheep pox
- Heartwater
- Johnes
- Peste des petits ruminants (kata)
- Rift Valley fever
- Scabies
- Scrapie
- Screwworm
- Tuberculosis
- Vesicular stomatitis
Cervidae (Elk & deer)
- Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD)
- Foot-and-mouth disease
- Johnes
- Tuberculosis
Equine (Horses)
- African Horse sickness
- Babesiosis (piroplasmosis)
- Contagious equine metritis
- Dourine (equine trypanosomiasis)
- Eastern equine encephalomyelitis
- Equine infectious anemia (EIA)
- Equine piroplasmosis
- Equine rhinopneumonitis
- Equine viral arteritis
- Glanders
- Venezuelan equine encephalomyelitis
- Vesicular Stomatitis
- Western equine encephalomyelitis
Porcine (Swine, pigs & feral swine)
- African swine fever
- Brucellosis
- Classical swine fever (Hog cholera)
- Foot-and-mouth disease
- Pseudorabies
- Swine vesicular disease
- Vesicular stomatitis
Rabbits
- Rabbit hemorrhagic disease
For further information, contact the Division of Animal Health at (573) 751-3377, or e-mail us at Animal.Health@mda.mo.gov. To view a complete list of reportable diseases please visit www.aphis.usda.gov/vs/nahss/disease_status.htm.