Reportable Disease Policy

Several infectious or contagious diseases are considered reportable under current regulations (K.S.A. 47-622. (K.A.R. 9-27-1). As required by law, these diseases are reported to the responsible state or federal agencies. If you are uncertain about the reporting status of a disease, please contact the office of the Kansas State Veterinarian at 785-270-1300. Notifiable diseases included any livestock or poultry disease designated as a 'Foreign Animal Disease' by the United States Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Services, Veterinary Services (USDA, APHIS, VS) and also those listed by the Kansas Animal Health Department:

Anthrax
Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy
All species of Brucellosis
Chronic Wasting Disease
Classical Swine Fever
Equine Infectious Anemia
Hog Cholera
Pseudorabies
Psoroptic Mange
Rabies
Tuberculosis
Vesicular Stomatitis
Avian Influenza
Pullorum
Fowl Typhoid
Paramyxovirus
Psittacosis
Viscerotropic Velogenic Newcastle Disease
Foot and Mouth Disease
Rinderpest
African Swine Fever
Piroplasmosis
Vesicular Exanthema
Johne's Disease
Scabies
Scrapies
Bovine Leukosis
other diseases as determined reportable by the Livestock Commissioner