Australia's National List of Reportable Diseases of Aquatic Animals

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Endorsed by the Animal Health Committee (AHC) - October 2011

 

Listed in the OIE
Aquatic Animal Health Code (2010)

Listed regionally
(OIE/NACA) (2011)

Exotic to Australia
Finfish
1. Epizootic haematopoietic necrosis – EHN virus

Yes

Yes

 
2. Epizootic haematopoietic necrosis – European catfish virus / European sheatfish virus

 

Yes

Yes
3. Infectious haematopoietic necrosis

Yes

Yes

Yes
4. Spring viraemia of carp

Yes

Yes

Yes
5. Viral haemorrhagic septicaemia

Yes

Yes

Yes
6. Channel catfish virus disease

 

Yes

Yes
7. Viral encephalopathy and retinopathy

 

Yes

 
8. Infectious pancreatic necrosis

 

 

Yes
9. Infectious salmon anaemia

Yes

Yes

Yes
10. Epizootic ulcerative syndrome (Aphanomyces invadans)

Yes

Yes

 
11. Bacterial kidney disease (Renibacterium salmoninarum)

 

 

Yes
12. Enteric septicaemia of catfish (Edwardsiella ictaluri)

 

Yes

 
13. Piscirickettsiosis (Piscirickettsia salmonis)

 

 

Yes
14. Gyrodactylosis (Gyrodactylus salaris)

Yes

Yes

Yes
15. Red sea bream iridoviral disease

Yes

Yes

Yes
16. Furunculosis (Aeromonas salmonicida subsp. salmonicida)

 

 

Yes
17. Aeromonas salmonicida - atypical strains

 

 

 
18. Whirling disease (Myxobolus cerebralis)

 

 

Yes
19. Enteric redmouth disease (Yersinia ruckeri – Hagerman strain)

 

 

Yes
20. Koi herpesvirus disease

Yes

Yes

Yes
21. Grouper iridoviral disease

 

Yes

Yes
22. Infectious spleen and kidney necrosis virus – like (ISKNV-like) viruses*    
Yes
Molluscs
1. Infection with Bonamia ostreae

Yes

Yes

Yes
2. Infection with Bonamia species

 

 

 
3. Infection with Bonamia exitiosa

Yes

Yes

Yes
4. Infection with Mikrocytos mackini

 

 

Yes
5. Infection with Marteilia refringens

Yes

Yes

Yes
6. Infection with Marteilia sydneyi

 

 

 
7. Infection with Marteilioides chungmuensis

 

Yes

Yes
8. Infection with Perkinsus marinus

Yes

Yes

Yes
9. Infection with Perkinsus olseni

Yes

Yes

 
10. Infection with Xenohaliotis californiensis

Yes

Yes

Yes
11. Akoya oyster disease

 

Yes

Yes
12. Iridoviroses

 

 

Yes
13. Abalone viral ganglioneuritis **

Yes

Yes

 
14. Ostreid herpesvirus-1 µ variant (OsHV-1 µvar)      
Crustaceans
1. Taura syndrome

Yes

Yes

Yes
2. White spot disease

Yes

Yes

Yes
3. Yellowhead disease – Yellowhead virus

Yes

Yes

Yes
4. Gill-associated virus

 

 

 
5. Infectious hypodermal and haematopoietic necrosis

Yes

Yes

 
6. Crayfish plague(Aphanomyces astaci)

Yes

Yes

Yes
7. White tail disease

Yes

Yes

 
8. Infectious myonecrosis

Yes

Yes

Yes
9. Monodon slow growth syndrome

 

Yes

Yes
10. Milky haemolymph disease of spiny lobster (Panulirus spp.)

 

Yes

Yes
11. Necrotising hepatopancreatitis
Yes
Yes
Yes

Amphibians
1. Infection with Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis

Yes

Yes

 
2. Infection with ranavirus

Yes

Yes

 

* ISKNV-like viruses are those defined on page 7 of: Biosecurity Australia (2010) “Importation of freshwater ornamental fish: review of biosecurity risks associated with gourami iridovirus and related viruses – Provisional final import risk analysis report.” Biosecurity Australia, Canberra, Australia.

** included within the OIE listed disease “infection with abalone herpes-like virus”

Last reviewed:
22 Dec 2011
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