Reportable Animal Diseases in Florida
A reportable animal disease is one that, by law, must be reported to state animal health officials.
Reporting helps:
- Identify animal disease outbreaks,
- Limit their spread and
- Minimize the impact to animals and people.
Anyone who has knowledge of, or suspects the existence of, any of the following diseases or pests in Florida should immediately report suspicions or findings to the State Veterinarian.
How to Report a Reportable Animal Disease
Report a Disease Online
You can also report by:
- Phone: (850) 410-0900 (during office hours) or 1-800-342-5869 (after hours)
- Email: RAD@FDACS.gov
List of Reportable Animal Diseases in Florida
Select the links below to find more information about each disease, including epidemiology, transmission, diagnosis, prevention and control.
- African Horse Sickness
- African Swine Fever
- Anthrax
- Avian Chlamydiosis (Psittacosis, Ornithosis)
- Avian Infectious Bronchitis
- Avian Infectious Laryngotracheitis
- Avian Influenza
- Avian Mycoplasmosis
- Bont Tick infestation (Amblyomma)
- Bovine Piroplasmosis (Babesiosis, Cattle Tick Fever)
- Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy
- Brucellosis (B. abortus, B. suis)
- Chronic Wasting Disease
- Classical Swine Fever
- Contagious Bovine Pleuropneumonia
- Contagious Caprine Pleuropneumonia
- Contagious Equine Metritis
- Dourine[
] - Eastern Equine Encephalomyelitis
- Equine Encephalitis (Eastern, Western, Venezuelan, or West Nile Virus)
- Eastern Equine Encephalomyelitis
- Equine Herpes Virus (Neurological Disease)
- Equine Infectious Anemia
- Equine Piroplasmosis (Horse Tick Fever)
- Equine Viral Arteritis
- Exotic Newcastle Disease
- Foot and Mouth Disease
- Glanders
- Heartwater
- Lumpy Skin Disease
- Peste des Petits Ruminants
- Pseudorabies (Aujeszky's Disease)
- Pullorum Disease (Fowl Typhoid)
- Rabbit Hemorrhagic Disease
- Rabies
- Rift Valley Fever
- Rinderpest
- Salmonella Enteritidis
- Scabies (sheep or cattle)
- Scrapie (sheep or goats)
- Screwworm Infestation
- Sheep and Goat Pox
- Southern Cattle Tick Infestation (Boophilus)
- Spring Viremia of Carp
- Strangles (Equine)
- Swine Vesicular Disease
- Tropical Horse Tick Infestation (Demacentor nitens)
- Tuberculosis
- Venezuelan Equine Encephalomyelitis
- Vesicular Exanthema
- Vesicular Stomatitis
- West Nile Virus
- Western Equine Encephalomyelitis
