Reportable Diseases

Prompt reporting of any suspected foreign or emerging animal disease is critical to the mission of the Missouri Department of Agriculture. The reporting process allows state and federal veterinarians to quickly respond to a variety of diseases with the potential to cause devastating damage to individual animals, the animal industry, the marketability of Missouri livestock and in some cases, human health.

MDA’s list of reportable diseases can include diseases and conditions that are listed by the Organization for Animal Health (WOAH), National Reportable Animal Diseases and USDA Program Diseases. Certain zoonotic diseases (those with the ability to cause illness in both animals and people) are also reportable to the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services Zoonotic Disease Program at (573) 751-6113. More information can be found here

Immediately report any animal disease or condition not known to exist in the United States, any event with increased mortality and/or morbidity of unknown cause or source, vesicular lesions, unexplained CNS signs, unusual ticks, hemorrhagic septicemias, unusual larvae in wounds, and/or unusual or unexplained illness.

The following are diseases that must be reported to the Missouri Department of Agriculture at (573) 751-3377 or animalhealth@mda.mo.gov within 24 hours of suspicion or detection:

All Species

Some diseases affect multiple species and are reportable in all cases:

  • Longhorned Tick
  • Anthrax
  • Bovine Viral Diarrhea (BVD)
  • Brucellosis
  • Pseudorabies
  • Rabies
  • SARS CoV2
  • Screwworm
  • Tuberculosis
  • Vesicular Diseases
  • Zoonotic Diseases

Aquaculture (Fish)

  • Infectious Salmon Anemia
  • Spring Viremia of Carp

Poultry and Other Avian Species

  • Avian Infectious Encephalomyelitis
  • Avian Influenza
  • Infectious Laryngotracheitis (ILT)
  • Avian Metapneumovirus (all types)
  • Mycoplasma Synoviae (MS)
  • Mycoplasma Gallisepticum MG)
  • Mycoplasma Meleagridis (MM)
  • Newcastle Disease (VVND)
  • Salmonella Pullorum

Bovine ( cattle and Bison)

  • Anthrax
  • Bluetongue
  • Bovine Babesiosis (Texas Fever, Piroplasmosis)
  • Bovine Viral Diarrhea (BVD)
  • 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) and Feline (Cats)

  • Brucellosis (dogs)
  • Pseudorabies
  • Rabies

Caprine (Goat) and Ovine (Sheep)

  • Bovine Viral Diarrhea (BVD)
  • Brucellosis
  • Foot-and-Mouth Disease
  • Goat and Sheep Pox
  • Heartwater
  • Johnes
  • Peste Des Petits Ruminants (kata)
  • Pseudorabies
  • Rift Valley Fever
  • Scabies
  • Scrapie
  • Screwworm
  • Tuberculosis
  • Vesicular Stomatitis

Cervidae (Elk and Deer)

  • Bovine Viral Diarrhea (BVD)
  • Brucellosis
  • 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 (EHV)
  • Equine Viral Arteritis
  • Glanders
  • Venezuelan Equine Encephalomyelitis
  • Vesicular Stomatitis
  • Western Equine Encephalomyelitis
  • West Nile Virus

Porcine (Swine)

  • African Swine Fever
  • Brucellosis
  • Classical Swine Fever (Hog Cholera)
  • Foot-and-Mouth Disease
  • Pseudorabies
  • Seneca Valley Virus (SVA)
  • Swine Vesicular Disease
  • Vesicular Stomatitis

Rabbits

For further information, contact the Division of Animal Health at (573) 751-3377, or e-mail us at Animal.Health@mda.mo.gov.