Notify us immediately
If you suspect that an animal has a notifiable disease you're legally required to call the States Veterinary Officer on +44 (0) 1534 441600.
Report a disease
You must notify us immediately as notifiable animal diseases can be passed between animals and people or have significant economic impacts.
If your animal is unwell but you do not suspect a notifiable disease, you should contact your private veterinary surgeon.
List of notifiable animal diseases
Links for the diseases below are from GOV.UK, World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) and UK National Bee Unit.
Anthrax | Cattle, sheep and goats, and all other ruminant animals, horses, pigs, dogs and four-footed mammals kept in captivity | 1966 |
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African horse sickness | Horses, donkeys and zebras | Never |
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African swine fever | Pigs | Never |
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Aujeszky's disease | Pigs and other mammals | Never |
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Avian influenza | All species of birds | 19 July 2023 |
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Avian chlamydiosis (Psittacosis otherwise known as Ornithosis) | Birds | 2012 |
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Bluetongue | Ruminant animals, cattle, sheep and goats | Never |
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Bovine spongiform encephalopathy | Cattle | 2002 |
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Bovine tuberculosis | Cattle | Never |
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Bovine viral diarrhoea | Cattle | Never |
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Brucellosis | Cattle | 1936 |
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Chronic wasting disease | Deer, moose, or elk | Never |
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Classical swine fever | Pigs | 1963 |
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Contagious agalactia | Sheep and goats | Never |
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Contagious epididymitis | Sheep (rams) | Never |
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Contagious equine metritis | Horses | Never |
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Contagious bovine pleuro-pneumonia | Cattle | Never |
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Contagious caprine pleuropneumonia | Goats and sheep | Never |
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Dourine | Horses | Never |
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Ebola in non-human primates | Non-Human primates | Never |
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Equine viral encephalomyelitis | Horses | Never |
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Echinococcus multilocularis | Dogs, foxes and rodents | Never |
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Enzootic bovine leucosis | Cattle | Never |
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Epizootic lymphangitis | Horses | Never |
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Epizootic haemorrhagic disease | Deer | Never |
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Equine infectious anaemia (swamp fever) | Horses | Never |
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Equine viral arteritis | Horses | Never |
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Foot and mouth disease | Cattle, sheep and goats and all other ruminant animals and pigs | 1981 |
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Glanders | Horses | Never |
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Hendra virus | Pteropid fruit bats, horses and other domestic animals | Never |
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Infection with Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans | Amphibians | Never |
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Infectious bovine rhinotracheitis or infectious pustular vulvovaginitis | Cattle | Never |
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Lumpy skin disease | Cattle | Never |
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Newcastle disease | Poultry | 1986 |
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Nipah disease | Pteropid fruit bats, pigs and other domestic animals | Never |
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Monkey pox | Rodents and foxes | Never |
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Paramyxovirus infection | Pigeons | 2022 |
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Peste des petits ruminants (goat plague) | Goats and sheep | Never |
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Porcine epidemic diarrhoea | Pigs | Never |
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Rabies | Any animal that are mammals (not human)
| Never |
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Rabies in bats | Bats | Never |
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Rift valley fever | Cattle, sheep and goats | Never |
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Rinderpest virus | Cattle | Never The rinderpest virus was eradicated worldwide in 2011 |
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Scrapie | Sheep and goats | Never |
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Sheep and goat pox | Sheep and goats | Never |
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Sheep scab | Sheep | Never |
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Surra (Trypanosoma evansi) | Camels, cattle, buffalos, donkeys, llamas, mules, pigs, goats, sheep, dogs and cats | Never |
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Swine influenza | Pigs | Never |
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Swine vesicular disease | Pigs | Never |
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Teschen disease | Pigs | Never |
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Trichinellosis | Pigs and horses | Never |
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Vesicular stomatitis | Cattle, pigs and horses | Never |
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West Nile Fever | Horses | Never |
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Honey bee diseases and pests
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American foulbrood | Honey bees | 2021 |
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European foulbrood | Honey bees | Never |
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Small hive beetle | Honey bees | Never |
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Tropilaelaps mite (any species) | Honey bees | Never
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