Reportable Diseases
The following are to be reported immediately to the State Veterinarian's office (803-788-2260) and/or USDA SC Assistant Director (803-462-2910) when diagnosed or suspected, using the SC Veterinary Reportable Disease Form.
African Horse Sickness
African Swine Fever
Anthrax
Avian Infectious Laryngotracheitis
Babesiosis ( Babesia bovis, B. bigemina)
Brucellosis
Cattle Tick Fever
Contagious Equine Metritis
Dourine ( Trypamosoma equiperdum)
Eastern Equine Encephalomyelitis (EEE)
Equine Infectious Anemia (EIA)
Equine Viral Arteritis
Erysipelas
Foot and Mouth Disease
Glanders - Burkholderia mallei (formerly Pseudomonas mallei)
Heartwater ( Cowdria ruminantium)
Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (Fowl Plague)
Hog Cholera (Classical Swine Fever)
Newcastle Disease (virulent or Exotic)
Paratuberculosis - Johne's Disease
Pseudorabies
Pullorum - Fowl Typhoid
Q Fever ( Coxiella burnetii)
Rabies - coordinated with DHEC
Rinderpest
Scrapie
Screwworm ( Cochliomyia hominivorax)
Tuberculosis
Venezuelan Equine Encephalomyelitis (VEE)
Vesicular Exanthema
Vesicular Stomatitis
West Nile (WNV) Encephalitis
Western Equine Encephalomyelitis(WEE)
OIE Listed Diseases (formerly A & B lists)
All foreign and exotic diseases and parasites of animals, including birds
The State Veterinarian may declare other diseases as reportable.
Reportable Diseases in SC By Clinical Signs:
Sore Mouth-Muzzle - especially if accompanied by foot, udder, vulva or skin lesions (Blisters-Vesicles)
Ex: Foot & Mouth Disease, Vesicular Stomatitis, etc.
Neurologic (strange behavior, severe depression, stumbling)
Encephalitis (CNS) Conditions in All Animals, including Birds.
Ex: Eastern, Western and Venezuelan Equine Encephalomyelitis, West Nile Encephalitis
Other Ex: Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE), Pseudorabies, Scrapie
High Death Loss – especially over a short period and in older animals past several weeks old.
Ex: Classical Swine Fever (Hog Cholera), Erysipelas, Anthrax, Acute Septicemias
Reproductive Problems (abortions, stillbirths, mummification)
Ex: Brucellosis, Pseudorabies, Contagious Equine Metritis (CEM)
Any Highly Unusual Condition – Disease or parasites differing from conditions one is familiar with.
Ex: All foreign and exotic diseases and parasites, unusual clinical signs of any kind.
Statutory Authority: Code of Laws of S. C. 1976, 47-4-50