Frequently asked question
What are the notifiable diseases?
A notifiable animal disease (MADO) is, as defined by the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE), an animal disease included in a list established by the Government Veterinary Administration of each member, and the detection or suspicion of which must be brought immediately to the attention of the Veterinary Authority in accordance with national regulations, in order to monitor a possible departure epidemic and take appropriate measures to contain it.
The list of notifiable diseases of aquatic animals is defined by each State based on the single OIE list (updated in 2015):
Fish diseases
- Koi carp herpesvirus (HCV)
- Aphanomyces invadans infection (epizootic ulcerative syndrome)
- Gyrodactylus salaris infection
- Infection with RHP deleted variants of infectious salmon anemia virus or RHP0 variants of this virus
- Salmonid alphavirus infection
- Iridovirosis of Japanese sea bream
- Epizootic hematopoietic necrosis
- Infectious hematopoietic necrosis (IHN)
- Viral hemorrhagic septicemia (VHS)
- Spring viremia of carp
Amphibian diseases
Shellfish diseases
- Necrotizing hepatopancreatitis
- Yellow head virus infection
- White spot disease
- White tail disease
- Infectious myonecrosis
- Infectious hypodermal and hematopoietic necrosis
- Crayfish plague (Aphanomyces astaci)
- Taura syndrome