TITLE 8: AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
CHAPTER I: DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
SUBCHAPTER b: ANIMALS AND ANIMAL PRODUCTS (EXCEPT MEAT AND POULTRY INSPECTION ACT REGULATIONS)
PART 85 DISEASED ANIMALS
SECTION 85.12 CONTAGIOUS OR INFECTIOUS DISEASES


 

Section 85.12  Contagious or Infectious Diseases

 

a)         The Department will designate a disease as contagious or infectious when it is determined that the disease is a threat to the animal industry.  A disease will be considered a threat to the animal industry for any of the following reasons:

 

1)         is of unknown cause or previously not a recognized disease;

 

2)         can cause interstate or international trade restrictions;

 

3)         is highly communicable to other animals or species;

 

4)         has the potential to produce uncontrollable death loss; or

 

5)         is not endemic in the animal industry.

 

b)         The following diseases are considered to be contagious or infectious:

 

African horse sickness

African swine fever

akabane

anthrax

avian influenza

bluetongue

Borna disease

bovine petechial fever

brucellosis

chronic wasting disease (CWD) − cervids

contagious bovine pleuropneumonia

contagious equine metritis (CEM)

dourine

ephemeral fever

equine herpes virus (neurologic form)

equine infectious anemia (EIA)

equine viral arteritis (EVA)

equine viral encephalitides

epizootic lymphangitis

foot and mouth disease

fowl typhoid

glanders

heartwater

hemorrhagic septicemia

hog cholera

horse pox

infectious encephalomyelitis − avian

infectious laryngotracheitis

Japanese B encephalitis

Jembrana disease

louping-ill

lumpy skin disease

monkeypox

Mycoplasma gallisepticum − turkeys

Mycoplasma synoviae − turkeys

Nairobi sheep disease

Newcastle disease

peste des petits − ruminants

paramyxovirus infection − avian

paratuberculosis (Johne's disease)

piroplasmosis

plague

pseudorabies (Aujesky's disease)

psittacosis (ornithosis)

pullorum disease

Q fever

rabies

Rift Valley fever

rinderpest

salmonella enteritidis − poultry

salmonella typhimurium − poultry

scabies − cattle and sheep

scrapie

sheep and goat pox

swine vesicular disease

transmissible spongiform encephalopathy (TSE)

trichinellosis

tuberculosis

tularemia

vesicular conditions of any type

vesicular exanthema of swine

Wesselsbron disease

West Nile Virus

any contagious or infectious disease presently considered as "exotic", i.e., not known to exist in the United States or emerging and considered by the Department to be a significant threat to one or more animal population

 

(Source:  Amended at 43 Ill. Reg. 4515, effective March 26, 2019)