| 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
https://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 |
Viruses present |
Restricted to specific northern areas of Australia; sentinel herd and vector monitoring program. |
http://www.agriculture.gov.au/pests-diseases-weeds/animal/notifiable
http://www.animalhealthaustralia.com.au/programs/emergency-animal-disease-preparedness/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/ |
| Brucellosis (Brucella abortus) |
Free |
Australia declared freedom in 1989 |
http://www.agriculture.gov.au/pests-diseases-weeds/animal/notifiable
http://www.animalhealthaustralia.com.au/programs/emergency-animal-disease-preparedness/ausvetplan/
http://www.oie.int/animal-health-in-the-world/disease-information-summaries/ |
| Brucellosis (B. melitensis) |
Free |
|
http://www.animalhealthaustralia.com.au/programs/emergency-animal-disease-preparedness/ausvetplan/
http://www.oie.int/animal-health-in-the-world/disease-information-summaries/ |
| Brucellosis (B. suis) |
Serological evidence |
Maintained in feral pigs in northern Australia; rare occurrence in domestic pigs. |
http://www.daff.gov.au/animal-plant-health/pests-diseases-weeds/animal/notifiable
http://www.health.gov.au
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 |
| Foot-and-mouth disease |
Free |
|
http://www.animalhealthaustralia.com.au/programs/emergency-animal-disease-preparedness/ausvetplan/
http://www.agriculture.gov.au/pests-diseases-weeds/animal#footandmouth--disease
http://www.oie.int/animal-health-in-the-world/disease-information-summaries/ |
| Heartwater |
Free |
Never occurred |
http://www.animalhealthaustralia.com.au/programs/emergency-animal-disease-preparedness/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/programs/emergency-animal-disease-preparedness/ausvetplan/
http://www.agriculture.gov.au/pests-diseases-weeds/animal/notifiable
http://www.oie.int/wahis_2/public/wahid.php/Wahidhome/Home |
| Infection with Echinococcus granulosus (hydatid disease) |
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 withEchinococcus multilocularis |
Free |
|
http://www.agriculture.gov.au/pests-diseases-weeds/animal/notifiable
http://www.agriculture.gov.au/pests-diseases-weeds/animal/notifiable |
| Rabies |
Free |
1867 |
http://www.agriculture.gov.au/pests-diseases-weeds/animal#rabies
http://www.animalhealthaustralia.com.au/programs/emergency-animal-disease-preparedness/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/ |
| Rift Valley fever |
Free |
Never occurred |
http://www.agriculture.gov.au/pests-diseases-weeds/animal/notifiable
http://www.animalhealthaustralia.com.au/programs/emergency-animal-disease-preparedness/ausvetplan/
http://www.oie.int/animal-health-in-the-world/disease-information-summaries/ |
| Rinderpest |
Free |
1923; with the global eradication of rinderpest finalized in 2011, all countries are free. |
http://www.agriculture.gov.au/pests-diseases-weeds/animal/notifiable
http://www.animalhealthaustralia.com.au/programs/emergency-animal-disease-preparedness/ausvetplan/
http://www.oie.int/animal-health-in-the-world/disease-information-summaries/ |
| Infection with "Trichinella" spp. |
Not reported |
Trichinella spiralis not present; T. pseudospiralis present in wildlife |
http://www.agriculture.gov.au/pests-diseases-weeds/animal/notifiable
http://www.animalhealthaustralia.com.au/programs/emergency-animal-disease-preparedness/ausvetplan/
http://www.health.gov.au |
| Japanese encephalitis |
Serological evidence |
Detected annually in Torres Strait, and on Cape York in 1998 and 2004. |
http://www.animalhealthaustralia.com.au/programs/emergency-animal-disease-preparedness/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/programs/emergency-animal-disease-preparedness/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/programs/emergency-animal-disease-preparedness/ausvetplan/
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/management programs |
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/animal-health-in-the-world/oie-listed-diseases-2013/ |
| Surra (Trypanosoma evansi) |
Free |
Never occurred |
http://www.agriculture.gov.au/pests-diseases-weeds/animal#surra
http://www.animalhealthaustralia.com.au/programs/emergency-animal-disease-preparedness/ausvetplan/
http://www.oie.int/animal-health-in-the-world/oie-listed-diseases-2013/
http://www.oie.int/wahis_2/public/wahid.php/Wahidhome/Home
http://www.oie.int/animal-health-in-the-world/disease-information-summaries/ |
| Tularaemia |
Free |
Never occurred |
http://www.agriculture.gov.au/pests-diseases-weeds/animal/notifiable
http://www.oie.int/animal-health-in-the-world/oie-listed-diseases-2013/
http://www.oie.int/wahis_2/public/wahid.php/Wahidhome/Home |
| Vesicular stomatitis |
Free |
Never occurred |
http://www.agriculture.gov.au/pests-diseases-weeds/animal/notifiable
http://www.animalhealthaustralia.com.au/programs/emergency-animal-disease-preparedness/ausvetplan/
http://www.oie.int/animal-health-in-the-world/oie-listed-diseases-2013/
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 2012 |
http://www.agriculture.gov.au/pests-diseases-weeds/animal/notifiable
http://www.animalhealthaustralia.com.au/programs/emergency-animal-disease-preparedness/ausvetplan/
http://www.oie.int/animal-health-in-the-world/oie-listed-diseases-2013/ |
| Cattle diseases |
| Bovine anaplasmosis |
Present |
|
http://www.agriculture.gov.au/pests-diseases-weeds/animal/notifiable
http://www.oie.int/animal-health-in-the-world/oie-listed-diseases-2013/
http://www.oie.int/wahis_2/public/wahid.php/Wahidhome/Home |
| Bovine babesiosis |
Present |
|
http://www.agriculture.gov.au/pests-diseases-weeds/animal/notifiable
http://www.oie.int/animal-health-in-the-world/oie-listed-diseases-2013/
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; National Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy Freedom Assurance Program includes surveillance; official OIE `negligible risk’ status. |
http://www.agriculture.gov.au/pests-diseases-weeds/animal#bovine-spongiform-encephalopathy
http://www.animalhealthaustralia.com.au/programs/emergency-animal-disease-preparedness/ausvetplan/
http://www.animalhealthaustralia.com.au/programs/biosecurity/tse-freedom-assurance-program/national-tse-surveillance-program/
http://www.oie.int/animal-health-in-the-world/oie-listed-diseases-2013/ |
| Bovine tuberculosis |
Free |
Australia declared freedom in 1997; last case in any species (including free-living) 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-2013/
http://www.oie.int/wahis_2/public/wahid.php/Wahidhome/Home |
| Bovine viral diarrhoea |
Present |
Bovine viral diarrhoea virus (BVDV)-1 — present; BVDV-2 — never occurred |
http://www.agriculture.gov.au/pests-diseases-weeds/animal/notifiable
http://www.oie.int/animal-health-in-the-world/oie-listed-diseases-2013/ |
| Contagious bovine pleuropneumonia |
Free |
1967; Australia declared freedom in 1973; officially recognized by the OIE as free. |
http://www.agriculture.gov.au/pests-diseases-weeds/animal/notifiable
http://www.animalhealthaustralia.com.au/programs/emergency-animal-disease-preparedness/ausvetplan/
http://www.oie.int/animal-health-in-the-world/oie-listed-diseases-2013/
http://www.oie.int/wahis_2/public/wahid.php/Wahidhome/Home |
| Enzootic bovine leucosis |
Present |
Licensed dairy cattle herds monitored free of disease; Australia declared provisional freedom of the Australian dairy herd, 2010. |
http://www.agriculture.gov.au/pests-diseases-weeds/animal/notifiable
http://www.oie.int/animal-health-in-the-world/oie-listed-diseases-2013/ |
| Haemorrhagic septicaemia |
Free |
Never occurred; strains of Pasteurella multocida 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/programs/emergency-animal-disease-preparedness/ausvetplan/ |
| Lumpy skin disease |
Free |
Never occurred |
http://www.oie.int/animal-health-in-the-world/oie-listed-diseases-2013/
http://www.animalhealthaustralia.com.au/programs/emergency-animal-disease-preparedness/ausvetplan/ |
| Theileriosis |
Free |
Theileria parva and T.annulata not present |
http://www.oie.int/animal-health-in-the-world/oie-listed-diseases-2013/ |
| Trichomonosis |
|
Present |
http://www.oie.int/animal-health-in-the-world/oie-listed-diseases-2013/ |
| Trypanosomosis (tsetse borne) |
Free |
Never occurred |
http://www.oie.int/animal-health-in-the-world/oie-listed-diseases-2013/ |
| Sheep and goat diseases |
| Caprine arthritis–encephalitis |
Present |
Voluntary accreditation schemes exist |
http://www.oie.int/animal-health-in-the-world/oie-listed-diseases-2013/ |
| Contagious agalactia |
Not reported |
Mycoplasma agalactiae has been isolated, but Australian strains do not produce agalactia in sheep. |
http://www.agriculture.gov.au/pests-diseases-weeds/animal/notifiable
http://www.oie.int/animal-health-in-the-world/oie-listed-diseases-2013/ |
| Contagious caprine pleuropneumonia |
Free |
Never occurred |
http://www.agriculture.gov.au/pests-diseases-weeds/animal/notifiable
http://www.oie.int/animal-health-in-the-world/oie-listed-diseases-2013/ |
| Enzootic abortion of ewes (ovine chlamydiosis) |
Not reported |
Never occurred |
http://www.agriculture.gov.au/pests-diseases-weeds/animal/notifiable
http://www.oie.int/animal-health-in-the-world/oie-listed-diseases-2013/ |
| Maedi–visna |
Free |
Never occurred |
http://www.agriculture.gov.au/pests-diseases-weeds/animal/notifiable
http://www.animalhealthaustralia.com.au/programs/emergency-animal-disease-preparedness/ausvetplan/
http://www.oie.int/animal-health-in-the-world/oie-listed-diseases-2013/ |
| Nairobi sheep disease |
Free |
Never occurred |
http://www.agriculture.gov.au/pests-diseases-weeds/animal/notifiable
http://www.animalhealthaustralia.com.au/programs/emergency-animal-disease-preparedness/ausvetplan/
http://www.oie.int/animal-health-in-the-world/oie-listed-diseases-2013/ |
| Ovine epididymitis (Brucella ovis) |
Present |
Voluntary accreditation schemes in all states. |
http://www.oie.int/animal-health-in-the-world/oie-listed-diseases-2013/ |
| Peste des petits ruminants |
Free |
Never occurred |
http://www.agriculture.gov.au/pests-diseases-weeds/animal/notifiable
http://www.animalhealthaustralia.com.au/programs/emergency-animal-disease-preparedness/ausvetplan/
http://www.oie.int/animal-health-in-the-world/oie-listed-diseases-2013/ |
| Salmonellosis (Salmonella Abortusovis) |
Free |
Never occurred; surveillance has shown no evidence of infection in sheep. |
http://www.agriculture.gov.au/pests-diseases-weeds/animal/notifiable
http://www.oie.int/animal-health-in-the-world/oie-listed-diseases-2013/ |
| Scrapie |
Free |
1952; National Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies Freedom Assurance Program includes surveillance |
http://www.agriculture.gov.au/pests-diseases-weeds/animal/notifiable
http://www.animalhealthaustralia.com.au/programs/emergency-animal-disease-preparedness/ausvetplan/
http://www.oie.int/animal-health-in-the-world/oie-listed-diseases-2013/ |
| Sheep pox and goat pox |
Free |
Never occurred |
http://www.agriculture.gov.au/pests-diseases-weeds/animal/notifiable
http://www.animalhealthaustralia.com.au/programs/emergency-animal-disease-preparedness/ausvetplan/
http://www.oie.int/animal-health-in-the-world/oie-listed-diseases-2013/ |
