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Animal Health Committee (AHC), October 2021

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Endorsed by the Animal Health Committee (AHC) - October 2021

Disease Listed in the OIE Aquatic Animal Health Code (2020) Listed regionally
(OIE/NACA) (2020)
Exotic to Australia
1. Infection with epizootic haematopoietic necrosis virus Yes Yes  
2.  Infection with infectious haematopoietic necrosis virus Yes Yes Yes
3. Infection with spring viraemia of carp virus Yes Yes Yes
4. Infection with viral haemorrhagic septicaemia virus Yes Yes Yes
5. Viral encephalopathy and retinopathy   Yes  
6. Infectious pancreatic necrosis     Yes
7. Infection with infectious salmon anaemia virus Yes   Yes
8. Infection with Aphanomyces invadans (epizootic ulcerative syndrome) Yes Yes  
9. Bacterial kidney disease (Renibacterium salmoninarum)     Yes
10. Enteric septicaemia of catfish (Edwardsiella ictaluri)   Yes  
11. Piscirickettsiosis (Piscirickettsia salmonis)     Yes
12. Infection with Gyrodactylus salaris Yes   Yes
13. Infection with red sea bream iridovirus Yes Yes Yes
14. Furunculosis (Aeromonas salmonicida subsp. salmonicida)     Yes
15. Aeromonas salmonicida - atypical strains      
16. Whirling disease (Myxobolus cerebralis)     Yes
17. Enteric redmouth disease (Yersinia ruckeri – Hagerman strain)     Yes
18. Infection with koi herpesvirus (Cyprinid herpesvirus 3) Yes Yes Yes
19. Infection with Singapore grouper iridovirus (ranavirus)   Yes Yes
20.  Infection with infectious spleen and kidney necrosis virus     Yes
21. Infection with turbot reddish body iridovirus     Yes
22. Infection with scale drop disease virus     Yes
23. Infection with salmonid alphavirus Yes   Yes
24. Infection with Tilapia lake virus disease   Yes Yes

Disease Listed in the OIE Aquatic Animal Health Code (2020) Listed regionally
(OIE/NACA) (2020)
Exotic to Australia
1. Infection with Bonamia ostreae Yes Yes Yes
2. Infection with Bonamia exitiosa Yes Yes  
3. Infection with Mikrocytos mackini     Yes
4. Infection with Marteilia refringens Yes   Yes
5. Infection with Marteilia sydneyi      
6. Infection with Marteilioides chungmuensis   Yes Yes
7. Infection with Perkinsus marinus Yes   Yes
8. Infection with Perkinsus olseni Yes Yes  
9. Infection with Xenohaliotis californiensis Yes Yes Yes
10. Infection with Abalone herpesvirus (Haliotid herpesvirus-1) Yes Yes  
11. Infection with ostreid herpesvirus-1      

Disease Listed in the OIE Aquatic Animal Health Code (2020) Listed regionally
(OIE/NACA) (2020)
Exotic to Australia
1. Infection with Taura syndrome virus Yes Yes Yes
2. Infection with white spot syndrome virus Yes Yes *
3. Infection with yellow head virus genotype 1 Yes Yes Yes
4. Gill-associated virus      
5. Infection with infectious hypodermal and haematopoietic necrosis virus Yes Yes  
6. Infection with Aphanomyces astaci (crayfish plague) Yes  Yes Yes
7. Infection with Macrobrachium rosenbergii nodavirus (white tail disease) Yes Yes  
8. Infection with infectious myonecrosis virus Yes Yes Yes
9. Monodon slow growth syndrome   Yes Yes
10. Infection with Hepatobacter penaei (necrotising hepatopancreatitis) Yes Yes Yes
11. Acute hepatopancreatic necrosis disease Yes Yes Yes
12. Enterocytozoon hepatopenaei   Yes Yes
13. Infection with decapod iridescent virus 1 Yes Yes Yes

Disease Listed in the OIE Aquatic Animal Health Code (2020) Listed regionally
(OIE/NACA) (2020)
Exotic to Australia
1. Infection with Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis Yes Yes  
2. Infection with Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans Yes   Yes 
3. Infection with Ranavirus species Yes Yes  

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