Zoonotic diseases
All suspected reportable or immediately notifiable diseases are reported to the CFIA, OMAFRA, and OMH, as appropriate. Specimens are forwarded to CFIA for confirmatory testing, if applicable.
Various comments will appear on lab reports that identify the presence of zoonotic agents or diseases e.g.:
“This agent/disease can pose a threat to public health. We suggest that you advise the animal’s owner of potential human health dangers. If concerned, your client should consult their physician.”
Federally reportable diseases
Under Sections 5(1) and (2) of the Health of Animals Act, "...any owner or veterinarian in Canada shall immediately report to the nearest Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) office any suspicion of the existence of reportable disease,..." namely:
| Terrestrial animals | Finfish | |
| African horse sickness | Lumpy skin disease | |
| African swine fever | Newcastle disease | Ceratomyxosis (Ceratomyxa shasta) |
| Anthrax | Peste des petits ruminants | Epizootic hematopoietic necrosis |
| Avian influenza | Pseudorabies | |
| Bluetongue | Pullorum disease | Infectious hematopoietic necrosis |
| Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) | Rabies | Infectious pancreatic necrosis |
| Bovine tuberculosis | Rift Valley fever | Infectious salmon anaemia |
| Brucellosis | Rinderpest | Koi herpesvirus disease |
| Chronic wasting disease | Scrapie | Spring viremia of carp |
| Classical swine fever | Sheep and goat pox | Viral hemorrhagic septicaemia |
| Contagious bovine pleuropneumonia | Swine vesicular disease | Whirling disease (Myxobolus cerebralis) |
| Contagious equine metritis | Trichinellosis | White sturgeon iridoviral disease |
| Cysticercosis | Venezuelan equine encephalomyelitis | |
| Equine infectious anemia | Vesicular stomatitis | |
| Equine piroplasmosis | ||
| Foot-and-mouth disease | ||
| Fowl typhoid | ||
This list is posted at: http://www.inspection.gc.ca/animals/terrestrial-animals/diseases/reportable/eng/1303768471142/1303768544412 [1] and http://www.inspection.gc.ca/animals/aquatic-animals/diseases/reportable/eng/1322940971192/1322941111904 [2]
Your nearest CFIA district office can be located at: https://www.inspection.gc.ca/animal-health/terrestrial-animals/offices/eng/1300462382369/1300462438912 [3]. Veterinarians who suspect that animals are affected with any foreign animal disease, such as FMD, must report their suspicions to a CFIA district veterinarian. District office phone numbers are listed at:https://inspection.canada.ca/about-cfia/contact-a-cfia-office-by-telephone/eng/1313255382836/1313256130232 [4] - Through this number, you may also report animal transport incidents, dangerous goods emergency calls, transport spills, leaks, and suspected agrobioterrorism.