Section 18 AAC 36.215 - Disease identification and reporting(a) Any of the following persons shall report the discovery of, the existence of, or the suspected existence of a disease listed in this section within any animal in this state to the department as set out in this section: (3) the designated representative or a laboratory that conducts animal disease testing.(b) A person set out in (a) of this section shall, on the day of discovery, report by telephone, electronic mail, or facsimile transmission to the state veterinarian the discovery of, the existence of, or the suspected existence of any of the following foreign or eradicated diseases:(2) African horse sickness;(4) bovine spongiform encephalopathy;(5) caprine and ovine brucellosis;(6) classical swine fever (hog cholera);(7) contagious bovine pleuropneumonia (Mycoplasma mycoides mycoides);(8) contagious equine metritis (Taylorella equigenitalisf,(9) contagious agalactia (Mycoplasma spp);(10) contagious caprine pleuropneumonia;(11) Crimean Congo hemorrhagic fever;(12) dourine (Trypanosoma equiperdum);(13) enterovirus encephalomyelitis (exotic strains);(14) epizootic lymphangitis;(15) equine piroplasmosis (Theileria equi, Babesia caballi);(16) virulent (velogenic and mesogenic strains) Newcastle disease;(17) foot and mouth disease;(20) Hendra virus disease;(22) Japanese encephalitis;(25) malignant catarrhal fever (foreign strain);(26) Nairobi sheep disease;(27) ovine pulmonary adenomatosis;(28) peste des petits ruminants;(29) rabbit hemorrhagic disease (RHDV, RHDVa, RHVD2)j(30) Rift Valley fever; A(32) Salmonella abortus ovis "(34) pox in sheep or goats;(35) Seneca Valley virus;(36) surra (Trypanosoma evansi);(37) theileriasis (Theileraparva, T. annulata, and other foreign species);(38) trypanosomiasis (Trypanosoma congolense, T. vivax, T. brucei brucei);(39) Venezuelan equine encephalomyelitis.(c) A person set out in (a) of this section shall, on the day of discovery, report by telephone, electronic mail, or facsimile transmission to the state veterinarian the discovery of, the existence of, or the suspected existence of any of the following diseases: (3) cattle fever tick (Boophilus annulatus, B. microplus)',(5) duck virus enteritis;(6) highly pathogenic avian influenza (fowl plague);(7) porcine coronaviruses (PEDv, TGE, Delta);(8) low pathogenic avian influenza (H5 and H7 subtypes);(10) swine vesicular disease;(12) vesicular stomatitis;(d) A person set out in (a) of this section shall, at least the next working day after discovery, report by telephone, electronic mail, or facsimile transmission to the state veterinarian the discovery of, the existence of, or the suspected existence of any of the following diseases:(1) avian infectious laryngotracheitis where there are(2) brucellosis where there is(3) chronic wasting disease where there are (C) chemical histopathology; (4) contagious ecthyma where there are(5) eastern or western equine encephalitis where there are(C) positive serology with increasing titer; (6) fowl typhoid (Salmonella gallinarum) where there is (A) bacterial culture; or(7) infectious coryza where there are (B) bacterial culture; or(8) Lyme disease where there are (9) ornithosis or psittacosis in birds where there is(B) positive serology; or(C) other positive laboratory diagnostic tests; (10) Potomac horse fever where there are(11) pseudorabies where there is positive serology;(12) pullorum disease (Salmonella pullorum) where there is (A) bacterial culture; or(13) scrapie where there are (C) chemical histopathology; (14) tuberculosis where there are(A) clinical signs or history of exposure;(B) responses to a tuberculin test;(C) granuloma submitted to a laboratory as a possible tuberculosis lesion;(D) acid fast organisms not identified as Johne's or benign types;(E) bacterial culture positive for Mycobacterium tuberculosis, M. bovis, or M. avium in a mammal; or (F) other laboratory tests positive for Mycobacterium tuberculosis, M. bovis, or M. avium in a mammal; (15) tularemia where there are(e) A person set out in (a) of this section shall, not later than the fifth working day of each month, report to the state veterinarian the first case of any of the following diseases as diagnosed by a laboratory performing testing or diagnostic procedures on any animal during the previous month: (3) avian infectious bronchitis;(7) bovine genital campylobacteriosis;(8) caprine arthritis encephalitis;(11) dermatophilosis (Dermatophilus congolensis);(12) duck viral hepatitis;(13) echinococcosis (hydatidosis);(14) enzootic abortion of ewes (ovine psittacosis, Chlamydia psittaci);(15) enzootic bovine leukosis;(16) epizootic hemorrhagic disease;(17) equine infectious anemia;(18) equine influenza (virus type A);(19) equine rhinopneumonitis (EHV-l and EHV-4);(20) equine viral arteritis;(21) fowl cholera (Pasteurella multocida);(23) hemorrhagic septicemia (Pasteurella multocida);(25) infectious bursal disease (Gumboro disease);(26) infectious bovine rhinotracheitis or infectious pustular vulvovaginitis;(28) maedi-visna virus or ovine progressive pneumonia;(30) Mycoplasma ovipneumonia in any cloven hoofed speciesj(31) mycoplasmosis (Mycoplasma gallisepticum);(32) ovine epididymitits (Brucella ovis);(33) paratuberculosis (Johne's disease);(34) porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome;(35) Q fever (Coxiella burnetii)',(36) transmissible gastroenteritis;(38) turkey rhinotracheitis (avian pneumovirus).(f) A person set out in (a) of this section shall, not later than the 10th working day of each month, report to the state veterinarian the first case of any of the following diseases where there are clinical signs or as diagnosed by a laboratory performing testing or diagnostic procedures on any animal during the previous month: (1) Aleutian disease in mink;(3) bovine viral diarrhea;(6) Corynebacteriumpseudotuberculosis (pigeon fever);(8) distemper in dogs or mink;(10) equine protozoal myeloencephalitis;(11) equine viral rhinopneumonia;(15) influenza in swine or equines;(17) malignant edema in equines or cattle;(18) malignant catarrhal fever;(21) Newcastle disease (lentogenic or low pathogenic strain);(22) salmonellosis, including (A) Salmonella paratyphi, S. enteritidis, and S. typhimurium in poultry;(B) DT 104, S. dublin, and S. newport in cattle; and(C) any salmonella outbreaks in equines; (23) scabies in swine or other livestock (nonotodectic mange);(24) strangles (confirmed Streptococcus equi);(25) tetanus (Clostridium tetam)',(26) transmissible encephalopathy in mink;(28) vesicular exanthema.(g) The department may request a report on an animal disease other than those listed in this section for statistical purposes to assist with disease control measures if the department determines that the reporting serves the interests of animal or public health.(h) A veterinarian may report any other disease if the veterinarian determines that the reporting assists disease control measures or serves the interests of animal or public health.(i) Case definitions for the diseases listed in this section are included in the World Organisation for Animal Health's (OIE Terrestrial Animal Health Code, 25th edition, 2016, adopted by reference.(j)The department may require a person set out in (a) of this section to report to the state veterinarian any emerging animal pathogen that could pose a significant animal or public health risk. Eff. 3/24/2017,Register 221, April 2017; am 8/7/2021,Register 239, October 2021Authority:AS 03.05.011
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