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Republic of Latvia
Cabinet
Regulation No. 323
Adopted 25 August 1998
List of Contagious Animal Diseases
Issued pursuant to Section 33 of the
Law On Veterinary Medicine
1. These Regulations determine the contagious animal diseases prevention of which shall be organised and
managed by the State Veterinary Service.
2. Group A contagious animal diseases which are characterised by illness of animals en masse and their rapid
spread and which cause great socio-economic losses, restrict international trade in animals and animal
production as well as endanger human health, are the following:
2.1. Foot-and mouth disease*;
2.2. Vesicular stomatitis*;
2.3. Swine vesicular disease;
2.4. Rinderpest;
2.5. Peste des petits ruminants;
2.6. Contagious bovine pleuropneumonia*;
2.7. Lumpy skin disease;
2.8. Rift Valley fever (infectious enzootic hepatitis)*;
2.9. Infectious catarrhal fever (Bluetongue);
2.10. Sheep pox and goat pox;
2.11. African horse sickness;
2.12. African swine fever;
2.13. Classical swine fever;
2.14. Avian influenza*; and
2.15. Newcastle disease.
3. Group B contagious animal diseases, which are enzootic type diseases, but in particular cases, the diseases
may be more widespread causing economic losses and endangering human health, are the following:
3.1. diseases which are characteristic of multiple species of animals:
3.1.1. Anthrax*;
3.1.2. Aujeszky’s disease;
3.1.3. Echinococcosis*;
3.1.4. Leptospirosis*;
3.1.5. Rickettsiosis (Q fever)*;
3.1.6. Rabies*;
3.1.7. Paratuberculosis;
3.2. Contagious cattle diseases:
3.2.1. Bovine babesiosis;
3.2.2. Bovine brucellosis*;
3.2.3. Bovine genital campylobacteriosis*;
3.2.4. Bovine tuberculosis*;
3.2.5. Bovine cysticercosis*;
3.2.6. Enzootic bovine leucosis;
3.2.7. Haemorrhagic septicaemia;
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3.2.8. Infectious bovine rhinotracheitis;
3.2.9. Trichomoniasis;
3.2.10. Malignant catarrhal fever;
3.2.11. Bovine spongiform encephalopathy;
3.3. Contagious sheep and goat diseases:
3.3.1. Contagious epididymitis (Brucella ovis);
3.3.2. Caprine and ovine brucelosis (except for B. ovis)*;
3.3.3. Contagious caprine pleuro-pneumonia;
3.3.4. Enzootic abortion of ewes (Chlamydiosis);
3.3.5. Salmonellosis (S. abortus ovis);
3.3.6. Scrapie ;
3.3.7. Maedi - visna;
3.4. Contagious horse diseases:
3.4.1. Contagious equine metritis;
3.4.2. Dourine;
3.4.3. Epizootic lymphangitis;
3.4.4. Equine encephalomyelitis;
3.4.5. Equine infectious anaemia;
3.4.6. Equine influenza*;
3.4.7. Equine piroplasmosis;
3.4.8. Equine rhinopneumonia ;
3.4.9. Glanders*;
3.4.10. Equine viral arteritis;
3.4.11. Horse mange;
3.5. Contagious swine diseases:
3.5.1. Infectious atrophic rhinitis of swine;
3.5.2. Porcine cysticercosis*;
3.5.3. Porcine brucellosis;
3.5.4. Transmissible gastroenteritis;
3.5.5. Trichinosis*;
3.5.6. Enzootic encephalomyelitis (Teschen disease);
3.5.7. Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome;
3.6. Contagious avian diseases:
3.6.1. Avian infectious bronchitis;
3.6.2. Avian infectious laryngotracheitis;
3.6.3. Avian tuberculosis*;
3.6.4. Duck viral hepatitis;
3.6.5. Duck viral enteritis;
3.6.6. Avian pasteurellosis*;
3.6.7. Avian salmonellosis (S. pullorum, S. gallinarum)*;
3.6.8. Infectious bursal disease (Gumboro disease);
3.6.9. Marek’s disease;
3.6.10. Mycoplasmosis;
3.6.11. Ornithosis-psittacosis*;
3.7. Contagious lagomorph diseases:
3.7.1. Mixomatosis;
3.7.2. Rabbit haemorrhagic disease:
3.8. Contagious bee diseases:
3.8.1. Acariosis of bees;
3.8.2. American foulbrood;
3.8.3. European foulbrood;
3.8.4. Nosemosis;
3.8.5. Varroasis;
3.9. Contagious fish diseases:
3.9.1. Viral haemorrhagic septicaemia;
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3.9.2. Spring viremia of carp;
3.9.3. Infectious pancreatic necrosis;
3.9.4. Infectious haematopoietic necrosis.
4. Group C contagious animal diseases are enzootic type diseases and affect a small number of animals.
Outbreaks of diseases are often connected with inappropriate keeping and rearing conditions. Group C
contagious animal diseases are the following:
4.1. Listeriosis*;
4.2. Toxoplasmosis*;
4.3. Anaerobic infections which are caused by Cl. chouvaei, Cl. perfringens, Cl. septicum, Cl.
oedematicus, Cl. histolyticum, Cl. sporogenes, Cl. botulinum*;
4.4. Pasteurellosis (Pastereulla multicida, Pastereulla haemolytica);
4.5. Salmonelloses (except for S. pullorum, S. gallinarum, S. abortus ovis)*;
4.6. Bovine virus diarrhoea;
4.7. Glanders;
4.8. Diamond’s disease of swine*;
4.9. Avian infectious encephalomyelitis;
4.10. Egg drop syndrome;
4.11. Parainfluenza-3;
4.12. Parvovirosis of swine;
4.13. Ringworm;
4.14. Canine distemper;
4.15. Aleutian disease;
4.16. Mink viral enteritis.
Note.
* Contagious animal diseases with which human beings may become infected.
Prime Minister
G.Krasts
Minister for Agriculture
A.Rāviņš
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