Disease Alerts Tool

The Canadian Animal Health Surveillance System Disease Alerts Tool provides a nationally accessible inventory of animal health disease alerts from across Canada.

Disease alerts can be submitted by government officials, industry organizations and private veterinarians using the following form.

All disease alert submissions are validated by CAHSS staff before posting.


Oct/10/2024

Author: Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Agribusiness (OMAFA)

West Nile Virus has been confirmed in Dufferin County, Ontario. On September 29, 2024, two Paint mares that shared a paddock developed ataxia. One mare was also hyperaesthetic and had twitching of the...

Oct/09/2024

Author: Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Agribusiness (OMAFA)

Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE) has been confirmed in Lanark County, Ontario. On September 27, 2024, a 13 year old gelding became acutely neurologic. The horse was euthanized on September 28, 2024...

Oct/09/2024

Author: Canadian Food Inspection Agency

On October 9, 2024, positive equine infectious anemia (EIA) results were confirmed by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency’s (CFIA) national reference laboratory for one mare located on a premises in...

Oct/09/2024

Author: Canadian Food Inspection Agency

On October 9, 2024, positive equine infectious anemia (EIA) results were confirmed by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency’s (CFIA) national reference laboratory for a horse located on a premises in...

Oct/07/2024

Author: Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Agribusiness (OMAFA)

Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE) has been confirmed in the United Counties of Prescott and Russell, Ontario. On September 22, 2024, a 15 year old Quarter Horse cross developed acute neurologic signs...

Oct/07/2024

Author: Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Agribusiness (OMAFA)

Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE) has been confirmed in Middlesex County, Ontario. On September 21, 2024, a yearling Draft filly developed acute neurologic signs (obtunded, ataxic). She died later...

Oct/07/2024

Author: Ministère de l'Agriculture, des Pêcheries et de l'Alimentation (MAPAQ)

West Nile Virus has been confirmed in Centre-du-Québec (MRC de Bécancour), Quebec. There is one confirmed case. Additional information is currently unknown...

Oct/02/2024

Author: Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Agribusiness (OMAFA)

Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE) has been confirmed in the United Counties of Leeds and Grenville, Ontario. On September 15, 2024, a pony mare started showing acute neurologic signs (circling, head...

Sep/30/2024

Author: Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Agribusiness (OMAFA)

Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE) has been confirmed in the United Counties of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry, Ontario. On September 5, 2024, a 3 year old filly was noticed to be ataxic with an...

Sep/30/2024

Author: Canadian Food Inspection Agency

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) monthly summary of rabies cases for September 2024 has confirmed 22 cases of rabies. This includes 21 cases of rabies in bats (1 from British Columbia, 3...

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  • Amphibian/Reptile
  • Avian (Domestic, Non-poultry)
  • Avian (Non-domestic)
  • Bat
  • Bison
  • Bovine
  • Camelid
  • Cat
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  • Crustacean
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  • Dog
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  • Mammalian (Non-domestic, other)
  • Mink
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  • Poultry
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  • Sheep and Goats
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Disease Agent - (0/30)
  • Abalone viral mortality (Abalone herpes-like virus)
  • Acarine disease (Acarapis woodi, tracheal mite)
  • Actinomyces
  • Acute bee paralysis virus
  • Acute hepatopancreatic necrosis disease (Vibrio parahaemolyticus)
  • Adenovirus
  • African horse sickness
  • African swine fever
  • Aino virus
  • Akabane virus
  • Aleutian disease virus (Mink plasmacytosis)
  • American foulbrood (Paenibacillus)
  • Anaplasma phagocytophilum
  • Anaplasmosis (Anaplasma marginale)
  • Anthrax
  • Apis cerana (Eastern honey bee or Asian honey bee)
  • Apis mellifera capensis (Cape bee)
  • Apis mellifera scutellata (African honey bee)
  • Apis vilutina (Asian predatory wasp)
  • Arboviruses
  • Arenaviruses
  • Asian bee mites (Tropilaelaps clareae)
  • Asian longhorned tick (Haemaphysalis Longicornis)
  • Aspergillus
  • Atrophic rhinitis
  • Avian chlamydiosis
  • Avian encephalomyelitis
  • Avian Infectious bonchitis
  • Avian leukosis
  • Avian mycoplasmosis
  • Avian salmonellosis
  • Avian spirochaetosis
  • Avian tuberculosis
  • Babesiosis
  • Bacterial Kidney Disease (Renibacterium salmoninarum)
  • Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis
  • Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans
  • Baylisascaris
  • Besnoitiosis
  • Black queen cell virus
  • Blackleg (Clostridium chauvoei)
  • Blastomycosis (Blastomyces dermatitidis)
  • Bluetongue
  • Bluetongue virus
  • Bonamia exitiosa
  • Bonamia ostreae
  • Bonamia roughleyi
  • Borna disease virus (Mammalian)
  • Borrelia
  • Botulism (Clostridium botulinum)
  • Bovine babesiosis (Babesia bovis)
  • Bovine cysticercosis (Taenia saginata)
  • Bovine ephemeral fever virus
  • Bovine genital campylabacteriosis (vibriosis)
  • Bovine herpesvirus
  • Bovine leukemia virus
  • Bovine malignant catarrhal fever (gammaherpesviruses)
  • Bovine petechial fever (Ehrlichia ondin)
  • Bovine respiratory syncytial virus
  • Bovine spongiform encephalopathy
  • Bovine tuberculosis (Mycobacterium bovis)
  • Bovine viral diarrhea virus
  • Brachyspira
  • Brown ring disease (Vibrio tapetis)
  • Brucella
  • Brucellosis (Brucella abortus)
  • Brucellosis (Brucella melitensis)
  • Brucellosis (Brucella suis)
  • Bunyaviruses
  • Cache Valley virus
  • Campylobacter
  • Caprine arthritis-encephalitis
  • Caseous lymphadenitis (Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis)
  • Ceratomyxosis (Ceratomyxa shasta)
  • Chalkbrood (Ascosphaera apis)
  • Chicken proventricular necrosis virus
  • Chlamydia
  • Chronic wasting disease
  • Circovirus
  • Classical swine fever
  • Clostridium
  • Coccidiosis
  • Contagious agalactia
  • Contagious bovine pleuropneumonia (Mycoplasma mycoides mycoides)
  • Contagious caprine pleuropneumonia (Mycoplasma capricolum)
  • Contagious equine metritis
  • Contagious ophthalmia
  • Contagious pustular dermatitis (Contagious ecthyma, Sore mouth, Orf)
  • Coronavirus
  • Corynebacterium
  • Coxiella
  • Crayfish plague (Aphanomyces astace)
  • Cryptococcosis
  • Cryptosporidiosis
  • Cysticercosis (Cysticercus spp.)
  • Cysticercosis (Taenia solium)
  • Deformed wing virus
  • Dermatophilosis
  • Dirofilaria
  • Distemper
  • Distomatosis (liver fluke)
  • Dourine (Trypanosoma equiperdum)
  • Duck hepatitis
  • Duck viral enteritis
  • E. coli
  • Eastern equine encephalomyelitis
  • Echinococcus
  • Egg drop syndrome (Fowl adenovirus)
  • Enteric red mouth disease (Yersinia ruckeri)
  • Enterotoxaemia
  • Enterovirus encephalomyelitis (Teschen disease)
  • Environmental contaminant
  • Enzootic abortion of ewes (Chlamydophila abortus, ovine chlamydiosis)
  • Enzootic bovine leukosis (Bovine leukaemia virus)
  • Epizootic haematopoietic necrosis virus
  • Epizootic haemorrhagic disease
  • Epizootic lymphangitis (Histoplasma farciminosum)
  • Epizootic ulcerative syndrome (Aphanomyces invadans)
  • Equine arteritis virus
  • Equine coital exanthema
  • Equine encephalitis
  • Equine herpes virus
  • Equine infectious anemia
  • Equine piroplasmosis (Babesia caballi or Theileria equi)
  • Erysipelas
  • European foulbrood (Melissococcus pluton)
  • Exposure hazard (Creosote, Dioxins, Fuel, Lead)
  • Filariasis
  • Filovirus
  • Foot and mouth disease
  • Foot rot (Fusobacterium necrophorum)
  • Fowl cholera (Pasteurella multocida)
  • Fowl pox
  • Fowl typhoid (Salmonella gallinarum)
  • Furunculosis (Aeromonas salmonicida)
  • Giant Asian hornet (Vespa mandarinia)
  • Giardiasis
  • Glanders
  • Goose parvovirus (Derzsy’s disease)
  • Greater wax moth (Galleria mellonella)
  • Gryrodactylus
  • Hantavirus
  • Heartwater (Cowdriosis, Ehrlichia ruminantium)
  • Hemorrhagic septicemia
  • Hendra virus
  • Herpes virus of cervididae
  • Herpesvirus
  • Histoplasmosis
  • Horse mange (Psoroptes equi)
  • Ibaraki disease
  • Inclusion body hepatitis
  • Infectious anemia
  • Infectious bovine rhinotracheitis virus
  • Infectious bronchitis
  • Infectious bursal disease
  • Infectious bursal disease (Gumboro)
  • Infectious coryza
  • Infectious haematopoietic necrosis virus
  • Infectious hematopoietic necrosis
  • Infectious hypodermal and haematopoietic necrosis virus
  • Infectious laryngotracheitis
  • Infectious myonecrosis virus
  • Infectious pancreatic necrosis
  • Infectious salmon anaemia
  • Influenza
  • Israel acute paralysis virus
  • Ixodes scapularis
  • Japanese encephalitis
  • Kashmir bee virus
  • Koi herpesvirus
  • Leptospira interrogans
  • Leptospirosis
  • Lesser wax moth (Achroia grisella)
  • Listeria
  • Listeriosis (Listeria monocytogenes)
  • Louping ill
  • Lumpy skin disease
  • Lyme disease (Borrelia burgdorferi)
  • Maedi-Visna (ovine progressive pneumonia)
  • Malignant catarrhal fever (Gammaherpesvirus)
  • Marek's disease
  • Marteilia refringens
  • Marteilia sydneyi
  • Marteiliodes chungmuensis
  • Melioidosis (Pseudoglanders, Burkholderia pseudomallei)
  • Mikrocytos mackini
  • MSX disease (Haplosporidium nelson)
  • Mycobacterium
  • Mycoplasma
  • Mycoplasma gallisepticum (Avian mycoplasmosis)
  • Mycoplasma pneumonia of sheep or goats (Mycoplasma ovipneumoniae)
  • Mycoplasma synovaie
  • Myxomatosis
  • N/A
  • Nairobi sheep disease virus
  • Nairovirus (Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus)
  • Necrotizing hepatopancreatitis (Hepatobacter penaei)
  • Neorickettsia
  • Newcastle disease virus
  • Nipah virus
  • Nosematosis of bees (Nosema apis)
  • Oncorhynchus masou virus
  • Ostreid herpes virus
  • Other
  • Outbreak or epidemiological change
  • Ovine epididymitis (Brucella ovis)
  • Ovine pulmonary ademonatosis
  • Parainfluenza
  • Paratuberculosis (Johne's disease)
  • Parelaphostrongylus
  • Pasteurella
  • Perkinsus marinus
  • Perkinsus olseni
  • Peste des petits ruminants
  • Plague (Yersina pestis)
  • Porcine epidemic diarrhea
  • Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome
  • Potomac horse fever
  • Pseudorabies (Aujesky’s disease)
  • Pullorum disease (Salmonella pullorum)
  • Q fever (Coxiella burnettii)
  • QPX (Quahog parasite unknown, Cold water disease)
  • Rabbit haemorrhagic disease
  • Rabies
  • Ranavirus
  • Red sea bream iridoviral disease
  • Reovirus
  • Rift Valley fever virus
  • Rinderpest virus
  • Rocky Mountain spotted fever (Rickettsia rickettsii)
  • Sacbrood disease virus
  • Salmonella abortus equi
  • Salmonella abortus ovis
  • Salmonella choleraesuis
  • Salmonella Dublin
  • Salmonella Enteritidis
  • Salmonella Heidelberg
  • Salmonella typhimurium
  • Salmonella/Salmonellosis
  • Salmonid alphavirus
  • Sapelovirus
  • Scrapie
  • Screwworm
  • Seaside organism (Haplosporidium costale)
  • Senecavirus A
  • Sheep and goat pox
  • Sheep mange (scab)
  • Small hive beetle (Aethina tumida)
  • Spring viremia of carp
  • Staphylococcus
  • Strangles (Streptococcus equi)
  • Streptococcosis iniae
  • Streptococcus
  • Swine delta coronavirus
  • Swine dysentery (Brachyspira hampsonili)
  • Swine dysentery (Brachyspira hyodysenteriae)
  • Swine erysipelas
  • Swine vesicular disease
  • Taura syndrome virus
  • Theileriasis
  • Tick-borne fever (Anaplasma (Cytoecetes) phagocytophilia)
  • Tissue worm (Elaphostrongylus cervi)
  • Toxoplasma
  • Transmissible gastroenteritis (TGE coronavirus)
  • Transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (not CWD, BSE or Scrapie)
  • Trichinella
  • Trueperella
  • Trypanosomiasis
  • Tularemia (Francisella tularensis)
  • Turkey viral hepatitis
  • Turkey viral rhinotracheitis
  • Ulcerative lymphangitis (Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis)
  • Unknown
  • Varroa Mite
  • Venezuelan equine encephalomyelitis
  • Vesicular stomatitis
  • Vibrionic dysentery
  • Viral haemorrhagic septicaemia
  • Warble infestation
  • Wesselsbron’s disease
  • West nile virus
  • Western equine encephalomyelitis
  • Whirling disease (Myxobolus cerebralis)
  • White nose syndrome
  • White spot syndrome virus
  • White sturgeon iridoviral disease
  • White tail disease
  • Withering syndrome of abalone (Xenohaliotis californiensis)
  • Yellow head virus
Disease Agent Type - (0/7)
  • Bacteria
  • Ecto-parasite
  • Fungus
  • Myxosporidian
  • N/A
  • Other
  • Parasite
  • Prion
  • Protozoan
  • Toxin
  • Unknown
  • Virus
  • Zoonosis
Organization - (0/17)
  • Agriculture and Agrifood Canada
  • Agri-Traçabilité Québec
  • Alberta Agriculture and Forestry
  • Alberta Environment and Parks
  • Alberta Government
  • Animal Health Canada
  • Animal Health Laboratory (Guelph)
  • Atlantic Veterinary College
  • British Columbia Centre for Disease Control
  • British Columbia Government
  • British Columbia Integrated Surveillance of Foodborne Pathogens
  • British Columbia Ministry of Agriculture
  • British Columbia Ministry of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development
  • Canada West Swine Health Intelligence Network
  • Canadian Animal Health Surveillance System
  • Canadian Cow-Calf Surveillance Network
  • Canadian Food Inspection Agency
  • Canadian Intergrated Program for Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance (CIPARS)
  • Canadian Notifiable Avian Influenza Surveillance System
  • Canadian Pork Council
  • Canadian Sheep Federation
  • Canadian Swine Health Intelligence Network
  • Canadian Veterinary Medical Association
  • Canadian Wildlife Health Cooperative
  • Canadian Wildlife Service
  • Community for Emerging and Zoonotic Diseases
  • Council of Chief Veterinary Officers
  • Dairy Farmers of Canada
  • Egg Farmers of Canada
  • Equestrian Canada
  • Faculté de médecine vétérinaire Université de Montréal
  • Fisheries and Oceans Canada
  • FoodNet
  • Health Canada
  • Manitoba Agriculture and Resource Development
  • Manitoba Conservation and Climate
  • Manitoba Government
  • N/A
  • National Farmed Animal Health and Welfare Council
  • New Brunswick Agriculture, Aquaculture and Fisheries
  • New Brunswick Environment and Climate Change
  • New Brunswick Government
  • Newfoundland and Labrador Department of Fisheries, Forestry and Agriculture
  • Newfoundland and Labrador Government
  • Northwest Territory Department of Environment and Natural Resources
  • Northwest Territory Government
  • Nova Scotia Department of Agriculture
  • Nova Scotia Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture
  • Nova Scotia Department of Lands and Forestry
  • Nova Scotia Government
  • Nunavut Government
  • Ontario Animal Health Network
  • Ontario Government
  • Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food, and Rural Affairs (OMAFRA)
  • Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry
  • Other
  • Prairie Diagnostic Services
  • Prince Edward Island Agriculture and Lands
  • Prince Edward Island Government
  • Producer
  • Public Health Agency of Canada
  • Quebec Government
  • Quebec Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAPAQ)
  • Quebec Réseau d’alerte et d’information Zoosanitare
  • Saskatchewan Government
  • Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture
  • Saskatchewan Ministry of Environment
  • Test Org
  • Turkey Farmers of Canada
  • United States Government
  • University of Alberta
  • University of Calgary
  • US Equine Disease Communication Centre
  • Veterinary practitioner
  • Veterinary Surveillance and Epidemiology Network
  • Western College of Veterinary Medicine
  • Yukon Department of Environment
  • Yukon Government
Region - (0/12)
  • Alberta
  • British Columbia
  • Canada-wide
  • International
  • Manitoba
  • N/A
  • New Brunswick
  • Newfoundland and Labrador
  • Northwest Territories
  • Nova Scotia
  • Nunavut
  • Ontario
  • Other
  • Prince Edward Island
  • Quebec
  • Saskatchewan
  • United States
  • Yukon
Production System - (0/8)
  • Captive
  • Commercial, large-scale
  • Freeliving
  • N/A
  • Other
  • Pet/Hobby
  • Smallholding
  • Unknown
Event Size - (0/6)
  • >15 premises/locations
  • 1 individual
  • 2 to 5 premises/locations
  • 6 to 15 premises/locations
  • Multiple individuals at 1 premises/location
  • N/A
Problem(s) - (0/13)
  • Decreased feed/ water intake
  • Decreased/poor growth/production
  • Diarrhea/digestive signs
  • Eye abnormalities/ocular discharge
  • Increased mortality
  • Infertility/abortion
  • Lameness/recumbency/ joint problems
  • Mastitis/milk problems
  • Nervous systems signs
  • No signs of illness
  • Other
  • Respiratory signs
  • Skin/mucous membrane lesions
  • Sudden death
  • Unknown
Topics - (0/6)
  • Animal welfare
  • Antimicrobial Use/ Resistance
  • Contaminant/Hazard
  • Emerging
  • Endemic
  • Food safety
  • Foreign Animal Disease
  • Invasive Species
  • N/A
  • Other
  • Vector/Vector-borne
  • Zoonotic
Organization (other) - (0/8)
  • Agriculture and Agrifood Canada
  • Agri-Traçabilité Québec
  • Alberta Agriculture and Forestry
  • Alberta Environment and Parks
  • Alberta Government
  • Animal Health Canada
  • Animal Health Laboratory (Guelph)
  • Atlantic Veterinary College
  • British Columbia Centre for Disease Control
  • British Columbia Government
  • British Columbia Integrated Surveillance of Foodborne Pathogens
  • British Columbia Ministry of Agriculture
  • British Columbia Ministry of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development
  • Canada West Swine Health Intelligence Network
  • Canadian Animal Health Surveillance System
  • Canadian Cow-Calf Surveillance Network
  • Canadian Food Inspection Agency
  • Canadian Intergrated Program for Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance (CIPARS)
  • Canadian Notifiable Avian Influenza Surveillance System
  • Canadian Pork Council
  • Canadian Sheep Federation
  • Canadian Swine Health Intelligence Network
  • Canadian Veterinary Medical Association
  • Canadian Wildlife Health Cooperative
  • Canadian Wildlife Service
  • Community for Emerging and Zoonotic Diseases
  • Council of Chief Veterinary Officers
  • Dairy Farmers of Canada
  • Egg Farmers of Canada
  • Equestrian Canada
  • Faculté de médecine vétérinaire Université de Montréal
  • Fisheries and Oceans Canada
  • FoodNet
  • Health Canada
  • Manitoba Agriculture and Resource Development
  • Manitoba Conservation and Climate
  • Manitoba Government
  • N/A
  • National Farmed Animal Health and Welfare Council
  • New Brunswick Agriculture, Aquaculture and Fisheries
  • New Brunswick Environment and Climate Change
  • New Brunswick Government
  • Newfoundland and Labrador Department of Fisheries, Forestry and Agriculture
  • Newfoundland and Labrador Government
  • Northwest Territory Department of Environment and Natural Resources
  • Northwest Territory Government
  • Nova Scotia Department of Agriculture
  • Nova Scotia Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture
  • Nova Scotia Department of Lands and Forestry
  • Nova Scotia Government
  • Nunavut Government
  • Ontario Animal Health Network
  • Ontario Government
  • Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food, and Rural Affairs
  • Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry
  • Other
  • Prairie Diagnostic Services
  • Prince Edward Island Agriculture and Lands
  • Prince Edward Island Government
  • Producer
  • Public Health Agency of Canada
  • Quebec Government
  • Quebec Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAPAQ)
  • Quebec Réseau d’alerte et d’information Zoosanitare
  • Saskatchewan Government
  • Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture
  • Saskatchewan Ministry of Environment
  • Turkey Farmers of Canada
  • United States Equine Disease Communication Centre
  • United States Government
  • University of Alberta
  • University of Calgary
  • Veterinary practitioner
  • Veterinary Surveillance and Epidemiology Network
  • Western Canadian Animal Health Network (WeCAHN)
  • Western College of Veterinary Medicine
  • Yukon Department of Environment
  • Yukon Government
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