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A-Z list of significant animal pests and diseases
If you notice unusual signs of disease, abnormal behaviour or unexpected deaths in your stock, call the Animal Disease Emergency Hotline on 1800 675 888. This national service operates 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
Report these signs immediately:
- a lot of ill or dead animals including birds or aquatic animals
- rapid spread of disease through a herd or flock
- animals that are lame, drooling or salivating excessively
- animals that have ulcers, erosions or blisters around the feet, muzzle, udder or teats and/or in the mouth
- unusual nervous signs
- profuse bloody diarrhoea
- respiratory distress or persistent coughing in horses
- deep smelly, fly struck wounds
- any link to another country
- any unusual or unfamiliar disease in animals or birds.
| Common name | Scientific name | Affects | *Notifiable | *Exotic/ endemic/ emerging |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| African swine fever | pigs | notifiable | exotic | |
| Anthrax | Bacillus anthracis | humans, livestock, horses | notifiable | endemic |
| Australian bat lyssavirus | humans, bats | notifable | endemic | |
| Avian influenza (bird flu) | birds | notifiable | exotic | |
| Blue-green algae (cyanobacteria) | animals, humans | endemic | ||
| Bluetongue | sheep, goats, deer, cattle | notifiable | exotic | |
| Botulism | Clostridium botulinum | humans, livestock | endemic | |
| Bovine tuberculosis |
Mycobacterium bovis |
cattle | notifiable | exotic |
| Bovine virus diarrhoea |
|
cattle | endemic | |
| Brucellosis | Brucella spp. | humans, animals | some spp. notifiable |
exotic/ endemic |
| Buffalo fly | Haematobia irritans exigua | cattle | endemic | |
| Caprine retrovirus (CRV) | goats | endemic | ||
| Cat-scratch disease | humans | endemic | ||
| Cattle ticks | Boophilus microplus | cattle | notifiable outside infected zone | endemic |
| Classical swine fever | Flaviviridae family | pigs | notifiable | exotic |
| Cryptococcosis | usually Cryptococcus neoformans | humans, cats, dogs, horses, cattle, sheep, ferrets and koalas | endemic | |
| Enzootic bovine leucosis (EBL) | cattle, buffalo | notifiable | endemic | |
| Equine herpesvirus | horses | notifiable | endemic | |
| Equine infectious anaemia (EIA) | horses | notifiable | endemic | |
| Equine influenza | horses | notifiable | exotic | |
| Equine viral arteritis (EVA) | horses | notifiable | endemic | |
| Foot and mouth disease | Picornaviridae family | cloven-hoofed animals (cattle, sheep, pigs, goats, deer, buffalo) | notifiable | exotic |
| Giardiasis | Giardia duodenalis | humans, animals | endemic | |
| Hendra virus | humans, horses, flying foxes | notifiable | endemic | |
| Hydatid disease (hydatid cysts) | Echinococcus spp. | humans, animals | endemic | |
| Japanese encephalitis | humans, pigs, horses, birds | notifiable | emerging | |
| Johne's disease | Mycobacterium paratuberculosis | cattle, sheep, goats, alpaca, llama, camels, deer | notifiable | endemic |
| Leptospirosis | Leptospira spp. | humans, animals | endemic | |
| Listeriosis | Listeria monocytogenes | humans, animals | endemic | |
| Lyssavirus, Australian bat | humans, bats | notifiable | endemic | |
| Melioidosis |
Burkholderia pseudomallei |
humans, animals | endemic | |
| Newcastle disease | Paramyxoviridae family | birds | notifiable | endemic |
| Nipah virus | pigs, humans | notifiable | exotic | |
| Nosema | bees | endemic | ||
| Pestivirus |
|
cattle | endemic | |
| Pimelea poisoning (St George disease, marree disease) | Pimelea trichostachya, Pimelea simplex, Pimelea elongata | cattle, horses | endemic | |
| Psittacosis (ornithosis) |
Chlamydia psittaci |
humans, birds | notifiable | endemic |
| Q fever |
Coxiella burnetii |
humans, animals | endemic | |
| Rabies | Rhabdoviridae family | humans, animals | notifiable | exotic |
| Rinderpest | Paramyxoviridae family | cattle, African buffalo, giraffe, eland, kudu | notifiable | exotic |
| Ringworm | humans, animals | endemic | ||
| Salmonellosis | Salmonella spp. | humans, animals | some spp. notifiable | endemic |
| Screw-worm fly | Chrysomya bezziana, Cochliomyia hominivorax | humans, animals | notifiable | exotic |
| Sparganosis | Sparganum mansoni | humans, dogs, cats | endemic | |
| Strangles | Streptococcus equi subsp. equi | horses | endemic | |
| Swine fever, African | pigs | notifiable | exotic | |
| Swine fever, classical | Flaviviridae family | pigs | notifiable | exotic |
| Swine influenza | pigs | notifiable | exotic | |
| Swine vesicular disease | Picornaviridae family | pigs | notifiable | exotic |
| Tick fever | Babesia bovis, Babesia bigemina and Anaplasma marginale | cattle | endemic | |
| Ticks, cattle | Boophilus microplus | cattle | notifiable outside infected zone | endemic |
| Tuberculosis (TB) | Mycobacterium bovis | cattle | notifiable | exotic |
| Transmissible spongiform encephalopathies | cattle, sheep, goats | notifiable | exotic | |
| Tetanus | Clostridium tetani | humans, animals | endemic | |
| Toxocariasis | Toxocara canis and Toxocara cati | humans, animals | endemic | |
| Toxoplasmosis | Toxoplasma gondii | humans, cats, livestock | endemic | |
| Vesicular exanthema | Calciviridae family | pigs | notifiable | exotic |
| Vesicular stomatitis | Rhabdoviridae family | humans, cattle, horses, pigs, sheep, goats | notifiable | exotic |
| Warts | cattle | endemic |
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Notifiable diseases
Some diseases are of such concern that you are legally required to report sightings to Queensland Primary Industries and Fisheries (QPIF). See notifiable diseases.
Exotic diseases
Exotic pests and diseases are those which are not present in Australia, or those which are present but not established and are under an official containment and/or eradication program.
Emerging diseases
Emerging pests and diseases are those which are present in Queensland but their presence is being monitored.
Endemic diseases
Endemic diseases are present in Queensland. They may be managed by accreditation, control or eradication programs.
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