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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/
emergingAflatoxicosis All animals Endemic African swine fever Pigs Notifiable Exotic Akabane Mostly cattle Endemic Anthrax Bacillus anthracis Humans, livestock, horses Notifiable Endemic Australian bat lyssavirus Humans, bats Notifable Endemic Avian influenza (bird flu) Birds Notifiable Exotic Avian paramyxovirus Pigeons Notifiable Exotic Blue-green algae (cyanobacteria) Animals, humans Endemic Bluetongue Sheep, goats, deer, cattle Notifiable Exotic Botulism Clostridium botulinum Humans, livestock Endemic Bovine ephemeral fever Cattle, buffalo Endemic Bovine tuberculosis Mycobacterium bovis Cattle Notifiable Exotic Bovine virus diarrhoea Cattle Endemic Brucellosis Brucella spp. Humans, animals Some spp.
NotifiableExotic/
EndemicBuffalo fly Haematobia irritans exigua Cattle Endemic Campylobacteriosis Caprine arthritis encephalitis (CAE) 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 Clostridial diseases Clostridium spp. All species Endemic Copper deficiency Cryptococcosis usually Cryptococcus neoformans Humans, cats, dogs, horses, cattle, sheep, Ferrets and koalas Endemic Enzootic bovine leucosis (EBL) Cattle, buffalo Notifiable Endemic Epizootic ulcerative syndrome (red-spot disease) Aphanomyces invadans Fish Nationally reportable 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 Lumpy jaw Melioidosis Burkholderia pseudomallei Humans, animals Endemic Neospora caninum 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 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 Skin fluke infestation Neobenedenia sp fish Endemic 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 Transit tetany 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 Wooden tongue Worms Cattle, horses, pigs, poultry, sheep Endemic Notifiable diseases
Some diseases are of such concern that you are legally required to report sightings to Biosecurity Queensland. 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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