Animal Disease Monitoring & Response
Maryland monitors and responds to a range of animal diseases that can affect poultry, livestock, and horses. Find information on specific diseases, current alerts, and what to do if you suspect illness in your animals.
How to report a disease
You are the best protection for your animals. All poultry growers and owners of livestock, birds and other animals are encouraged to look for signs of illness in their animals, report sick animals, and practice biosecurity to help prevent the transmission of disease.
To report a disease or suspected reportable disease, call the Annapolis Animal Health Headquarters: 410-841-5810.
Additional contacts
- Your veterinarian
- Local extension agent
- Maryland Department of Health (DHMH): 410-767-5649
- USDA Hotline: 866-536-7593
- USDA Area Veterinarian in Charge: 410-349-9708
Mandatory reporting requirement for veterinarians
Veterinarians must report any of the diseases on the list of reportable diseases to the State Veterinarian within 48 hours of first knowledge of disease.
To report a disease or suspected reportable disease:
- During normal business hours, call the Annapolis Animal Health Headquarters at 410-841-5810.
- After hours, call the After Hours on Call Duty Veterinarian at 410-841-5971.
Please be prepared to provide a description of the animal, the name and address of the owner or person in charge of the animal, location of animal, and number of animals potentially exposed.
Reportable animal diseases in Maryland
Rabies
- Adenovirus
- Chlamydiosis
- Tuberculosis
- Avian Influenza (Low Pathogenic and High Pathogenic)
- West Nile Virus (Ratites only)
- Duck Viral Enteritis
- Newcastle Disease
- Fowl Typhoid
- Infectious Laryngotracheitis
- Pigeon Paramyxovirus
- Pullorum Disease
- Salmonella Enteritidis (egg type avian only)
- Salmonellosis
- Screw Worms
- Suspected Foreign Animal Disease
- Anthrax
- Piroplasmosis
- Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE)
- Pseudorabies
- Brucellosis
- Rabies
- Contagious Bovine Pleuropneumonia
- Rinderpest
- Foot and Mouth Disease
- Salmonellosis (Dairy only)
- Listeriosis (Dairy only)
- Scabies
- Vesicular Stomatitis
- Screw Worms
- Suspected Foreign Animal Disease
- Tuberculosis
- Vesicular Lesions
- Rabies
- Salmonellosis
- Screw Worms
- Suspected Foreign Animal Disease
- Tuberculosis
- West Nile Virus
- Anthrax
- Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE)
- Brucellosis
- Foot and Mouth Disease
- Listeriosis (Dairy only)
- Pseudorabies
- Rabies
- Rinderpest
- Salmonellosis (Dairy only)
- Scabies
- Scrapie
- Screw Worms
- Suspected Foreign Animal Disease
- Tuberculosis
- Vesicular Lesions
- Vesicular Stomatitis
- Chronic Wasting Disease
- Salmonellosis
- Screw Worms
- Suspected Foreign Animal Disease
- Tuberculosis
- Anthrax
- Brucellosis
- Foot and Mouth Disease
- Pseudorabies
- Rabies
- Rinderpest
- Salmonellosis
- Scabies
- Scrapie
- Screw Worms
- Suspected Foreign Animal Disease
- Tuberculosis
- Vesicular Lesions
- Vesicular Stomatitis
- African Swine Fever
- Salmonellosis
- Anthrax
- Screw Worms
- Brucellosis
- Suspected Foreign Animal Disease
- Classical Swine Fever (Hog Cholera)
- Swine Erysipelas
- Foot and Mouth Disease
- Swine Influenza
- Teschen Disease
- Pseudorabies
- Tuberculosis
- Rabies
- Vesicular Exanthema
- Vesicular Stomatitis
New World Screwworm
Active cases have been confirmed in the U.S. Maryland requires immediate reporting of any suspected infestation in warm-blooded animals. Know the signs, understand Maryland's import requirements, and report any suspected cases immediately.
Resources
- USDA Animal Diseases
- USDA Carcass Management (includes USDA Gray Book on Foreign Animal Disease)
- CFSPH Animal Diseases
- World Organization For Animal Health