| Disease |
Status |
Date of last occurrence and notes |
Additional information |
| Multiple-species diseases |
| Anthrax |
Present |
Limited distribution |
http://www.agriculture.gov.au/pests-diseases-weeds/animal#anthrax
http://www.animalhealthaustralia.com.au/what-we-do/emergency-animal-disease/ausvetplan/
http://www.farmbiosecurity.com.au
http://www.oie.int/animal-health-in-the-world/disease-information-summaries/ |
| Bluetongue |
Virus present |
Restricted to specific northern areas of Australia. Sentinel herd and vector monitoring programs are in place. |
http://www.agriculture.gov.au/pests-diseases-weeds/animal/notifiable
http://www.animalhealthaustralia.com.au/what-we-do/emergency-animal-disease/ausvetplan/
https://www.animalhealthaustralia.com.au/what-we-do/disease-surveillance/national-arbovirus-monitoring-program/
http://www.oie.int/animal-health-in-the-world/disease-information-summaries/ |
| Crimean Congo haemorrhagic fever |
Free |
Never occurred |
http://www.agriculture.gov.au/pests-diseases-weeds/animal/notifiable |
| Epizootic haemorrhagic disease |
Virus present |
Disease has not been reported |
http://www.agriculture.gov.au/pests-diseases-weeds/animal/notifiable |
| Equine encephalomyelitis (eastern) |
Free |
Never occurred |
http://www.agriculture.gov.au/pests-diseases-weeds/animal/notifiable
http://www.oie.int/wahis_2/public/wahid.php/Wahidhome/Home |
| Heartwater |
Free |
Never occurred |
http://www.animalhealthaustralia.com.au/what-we-do/emergency-animal-disease/ausvetplan/
http://www.agriculture.gov.au/pests-diseases-weeds/animal/notifiable
http://www.oie.int/wahis_2/public/wahid.php/Wahidhome/Home |
| Infection with Aujeszky's disease virus |
Free |
Never occurred |
http://www.animalhealthaustralia.com.au/what-we-do/emergency-animal-disease/ausvetplan/
http://www.agriculture.gov.au/pests-diseases-weeds/animal/notifiable
http://www.oie.int/wahis_2/public/wahid.php/Wahidhome/Home |
| Infection with Brucella abortus |
Free |
Australia declared freedom in all terrestrial animal species in 1989. |
http://www.agriculture.gov.au/pests-diseases-weeds/animal/notifiable
http://www.animalhealthaustralia.com.au/what-we-do/emergency-animal-disease/ausvetplan/
http://www.oie.int/animal-health-in-the-world/disease-information-summaries/ |
| Infection with Brucella melitensis |
Free |
Never occurred in terrestrial animals. |
http://www.animalhealthaustralia.com.au/what-we-do/emergency-animal-disease/ausvetplan/ /
http://www.oie.int/animal-health-in-the-world/disease-information-summaries/ |
| Infection with Brucella suis |
Serological evidence |
Maintained in feral pigs in parts of New South Wales and Queensland. Rare occurrence in domestic pigs. Sporadic detections in pig hunting dog however this is not OIE notifiable. |
http://www.agriculture.gov.au/pests-diseases-weeds/animal/notifiable
http://www.health.gov.au
http://www.oie.int/animal-health-in-the-world/disease-information-summaries/ |
| Infection with Echinococcus granulosus |
Present |
|
http://www.health.gov.au/internet/main/publishing.nsf/content/cda-pubs-cdi-2001-cdi2504-cdi2504c17.htm
http://www.agriculture.gov.au/pests-diseases-weeds/animal/notifiable |
| Infection with Echinococcus multilocularis |
Free |
Never occurred |
http://www.agriculture.gov.au/pests-diseases-weeds/animal/notifiable
http://www.agriculture.gov.au/pests-diseases-weeds/animal/notifiable |
| Infection with foot-and-mouth disease virus |
Free |
1872. Australia is officially recognised by the OIE as free without vaccination. |
http://www.animalhealthaustralia.com.au/what-we-do/emergency-animal-disease/ausvetplan/
http://www.agriculture.gov.au/pests-diseases-weeds/animal#footandmouth-disease
http://www.oie.int/animal-health-in-the-world/disease-information-summaries/ |
| Infection with rabies virus |
Free |
1867 |
http://www.agriculture.gov.au/pests-diseases-weeds/animal#rabies
http://www.animalhealthaustralia.com.au/what-we-do/emergency-animal-disease/ausvetplan/
http://www.health.gov.au/internet/main/publishing.nsf/Content/ohp-rabies-consumer-info.htm
http://www.oie.int/animal-health-in-the-world/disease-information-summaries/ |
| Infection with Rift Valley fever virus |
Free |
Never occurred |
http://www.agriculture.gov.au/pests-diseases-weeds/animal/notifiable
http://www.animalhealthaustralia.com.au/what-we-do/emergency-animal-disease/ausvetplan/
http://www.oie.int/animal-health-in-the-world/disease-information-summaries/ |
| Infection with rinderpest virus |
Free |
1923. With the global eradication of rinderpest finalised in 2011, all countries are free. |
http://www.agriculture.gov.au/pests-diseases-weeds/animal/notifiable
http://www.animalhealthaustralia.com.au/what-we-do/emergency-animal-disease/ausvetplan/
http://www.oie.int/animal-health-in-the-world/disease-information-summaries/ |
| Infection with Trichinellaspp. |
Not reported |
Trichinella spiralis is not present. T. pseudospiralis is present in wildlife. |
http://www.agriculture.gov.au/pests-diseases-weeds/animal/notifiable
http://www.animalhealthaustralia.com.au/what-we-do/emergency-animal-disease/ausvetplan/
http://www.health.gov.au |
| Japanese encephalitis |
Serological evidence |
Detected seasonally in Torres Strait and on Cape York in 1998 and 2004. |
http://www.animalhealthaustralia.com.au/what-we-do/emergency-animal-disease/ausvetplan/
http://www.agriculture.gov.au/pests-diseases-weeds/animal/notifiable |
| New World screw-worm fly (Cochliomyia hominivorax) |
Free |
Never occurred |
http://www.animalhealthaustralia.com.au/what-we-do/emergency-animal-disease/ausvetplan/
http://www.agriculture.gov.au/pests-diseases-weeds/animal#screwworm-fly
http://www.oie.int/wahis_2/public/wahid.php/Wahidhome/Home |
| Old World screw-worm fly (Chrysomya bezziana) |
Free |
Never occurred |
http://www.animalhealthaustralia.com.au/what-we-do/emergency-animal-disease/ausvetplan/
https://www.animalhealthaustralia.com.au/what-we-do/disease-surveillance/screw-worm-fly/
http://www.agriculture.gov.au/biosecurity/australia/naqs/naqs-target-lists/screw-worm-fly
http://www.oie.int/wahis_2/public/wahid.php/Wahidhome/Home |
| Paratuberculosis |
Present |
National control and management programs are in place. |
http://www.agriculture.gov.au/pests-diseases-weeds/animal/notifiable
http://edis.animalhealthaustralia.com.au
http://nahis.animalhealthaustralia.com.au
http://www.oie.int/wahis_2/public/wahid.php/Wahidhome/Home |
| Q fever |
Present |
|
http://www.qfever.org
http://www.health.gov.au/internet/publications/publishing.nsf/Content/cda-cdi31suppl.htm~cda-cdi31suppl-3.htm~cda-cdi31suppl-3l.htm
http://www.oie.int/for-the-media/animal-diseases/animal-disease-information-summaries/ |
| Surra (Trypanosoma evansi) |
Free |
Never occurred |
http://www.agriculture.gov.au/pests-diseases-weeds/animal#surra
http://www.animalhealthaustralia.com.au/what-we-do/emergency-animal-disease/ausvetplan/
http://www.oie.int/animal-health-in-the-world/oie-listed-diseases-2018/
http://www.oie.int/animal-health-in-the-world/technical-disease-cards/
http://www.oie.int/wahis_2/public/wahid.php/Wahidhome/Home |
| Tularaemia |
Present |
Two human cases reported in Tasmania in 2011, detected in archived samples Tasmanian ringtail possums sampled in 2002. |
http://www.agriculture.gov.au/pests-diseases-weeds/animal/notifiable
http://www.oie.int/animal-health-in-the-world/oie-listed-diseases-2018/
http://www.oie.int/wahis_2/public/wahid.php/Wahidhome/Home |
| West Nile fever |
Australian variants present |
A previously unknown Australian strain of West Nile virus was identified following an outbreak of neurological disease in horses in 2011. No cases were reported in 2017. |
http://www.agriculture.gov.au/pests-diseases-weeds/animal/notifiable
http://www.animalhealthaustralia.com.au/what-we-do/emergency-animal-disease/ausvetplan /
http://www.oie.int/animal-health-in-the-world/oie-listed-diseases-2018/ |
| Cattle diseases |
| Bovine anaplasmosis |
Present |
Transmission mainly in areas of Queensland, Northern Territory and Western Australia. |
http://www.agriculture.gov.au/pests-diseases-weeds/animal/notifiable
http://www.oie.int/animal-health-in-the-world/oie-listed-diseases-2018/
http://www.oie.int/wahis_2/public/wahid.php/Wahidhome/Home |
| Bovine babesiosis |
Present |
Transmission mainly in areas of Queensland, Northern Territory and Western Australia |
http://www.agriculture.gov.au/pests-diseases-weeds/animal/notifiable
http://www.oie.int/animal-health-in-the-world/oie-listed-diseases-2018/
http://www.oie.int/wahis_2/public/wahid.php/Wahidhome/Home |
| Bovine genital campylobacteriosis |
Present |
|
http://www.oie.int/wahis_2/public/wahid.php/Wahidhome/Home |
| Bovine spongiform encephalopathy |
Free |
Never occurred. The National Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy Freedom Assurance Program includes surveillance. Australia has official OIE `negligible risk’ status. |
http://www.agriculture.gov.au/pests-diseases-weeds/animal#bovine-spongiform-encephalopathy
http://www.animalhealthaustralia.com.au/what-we-do/emergency-animal-disease/ausvetplan/
https://www.animalhealthaustralia.com.au/what-we-do/disease-surveillance/tse-freedom-assurance-program/
http://www.oie.int/animal-health-in-the-world/oie-listed-diseases-2018/ |
| Bovine tuberculosis |
Free |
Australia declared freedom in 1997; the last case in any species was reported in 2002. |
http://www.agriculture.gov.au/pests-diseases-weeds/animal/notifiable
http://www.oie.int/animal-health-in-the-world/oie-listed-diseases-2018/
http://www.oie.int/wahis_2/public/wahid.php/Wahidhome/Home |
| Bovine viral diarrhoea |
Present |
Bovine viral diarrhoea virus 1 (BVDV-1) is present; BVDV-2 has never occurred. |
http://www.agriculture.gov.au/pests-diseases-weeds/animal/notifiable
http://www.oie.int/animal-health-in-the-world/oie-listed-diseases-2018/ |
| Enzootic bovine leucosis |
The dairy cattle herd is free. Very low prevalence in beef cattle. |
Australian dairy herd achieved freedom on 31 December 2012. |
http://www.agriculture.gov.au/pests-diseases-weeds/animal/notifiable
http://www.oie.int/animal-health-in-the-world/oie-listed-diseases-2018/ |
| Haemorrhagic septicaemia |
Free |
Never occurred. Strains of Pasteurella multocida are present, but not the 6b or 6e strains that cause haemorrhagic septicaemia. |
http://www.agriculture.gov.au/pests-diseases-weeds/animal/notifiable
http://www.animalhealthaustralia.com.au/what-we-do/emergency-animal-disease/ausvetplan/ |
| Infectious bovine rhinotracheitis / infectious pustular vulvovaginitis |
Present |
Bovine herpesvirus (BHV) – 1.2b is present; BHV-1.1 and BHV-1.2a have never occurred. |
http://www.oie.int/animal-health-in-the-world/oie-listed-diseases-2018/ |
| Infection with Mycoplasma mycoides subsp. mycoidesSC (contagious bovine pleuropneumonia) |
Free |
1967. Australia declared freedom in 1973 and is officially recognised by the OIE as free. |
http://www.agriculture.gov.au/pests-diseases-weeds/animal/notifiable
http://www.animalhealthaustralia.com.au/what-we-do/emergency-animal-disease/ausvetplan/
http://www.oie.int/animal-health-in-the-world/oie-listed-diseases-2018/
http://www.oie.int/wahis_2/public/wahid.php/Wahidhome/Home |
| Lumpy skin disease |
Free |
Never occurred |
http://www.oie.int/animal-health-in-the-world/oie-listed-diseases-2018/
http://www.animalhealthaustralia.com.au/what-we-do/emergency-animal-disease/ausvetplan/ |
| Theileriosis |
Free |
Theileria parva and T. annulata are not present |
http://www.oie.int/animal-health-in-the-world/oie-listed-diseases-2018/ |
| Trichomonosis |
Present |
|
http://www.oie.int/animal-health-in-the-world/oie-listed-diseases-2018/ |
| Trypanosomosis (tsetse borne) |
Free |
Never occurred |
http://www.oie.int/animal-health-in-the-world/oie-listed-diseases-2018/ |
