Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing.

     Purpose: This rule-making order modifies the reporting requirements for infectious and contagious livestock diseases and updates the list of reportable diseases.

     Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 16-70-005, 16-70-010, and 16-70-020.

     Statutory Authority for Adoption: Chapter 16.36 RCW.

     Other Authority: Chapter 34.05 RCW.

      Adopted under notice filed as WSR 07-08-019 on March 26, 2007.

     Changes Other than Editing from Proposed to Adopted Version: WAC 16-70-005 Definitions: Changed "Reportable disease list means the list of diseases that are reportable to the OIE and the state veterinarian" to "Reportable disease list means the list of diseases that include the OIE notifiable disease list and other diseases listed in this chapter."

     Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 3, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 3, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0;      Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 3, Repealed 0.

     Date Adopted: May 1, 2007.

Valoria H. Loveland

Director

OTS-9482.3

AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending WSR 00-06-064, filed 3/1/00, effective 4/1/00)

WAC 16-70-005   Definitions.   For the purpose of this chapter:

     (((1))) "Animal" means any animal species except fish and insects including all those so classified as wild, captive wild, exotic wild, alternative livestock, semidomesticated, domestic or farm.

     (((2) "Domestic animal" means any farm animal raised for the production of food and fiber or companion animal or both.

     (3) "Farm animal" means any species which have normally and historically been kept and raised on farms in Washington, the United States, or elsewhere and used or intended for use as food, fiber, breeding, or draft and which may be legally kept for such use in Washington and are not those animals classified as wildlife or deleterious exotic wildlife under Title 77 RCW.

     (4) "Alternative livestock" means any species which can be kept or raised on farms and used or intended for use as food, fiber, breeding, or draft and which may be legally kept for use in Washington and are not those animals classified as wildlife or deleterious exotic wildlife under Title 77 RCW.

     (5) "Wild animal" means those species of the class Mammalia whose members exist in Washington in a wild state.

     (6) "Exotic wild animal" means those species of animals whose members do not exist in the state of Washington but exist elsewhere in the world in the wild state.

     (7))) "OIE notifiable disease list" means the diseases listed by the OIE in the Terrestrial Animal Health Code (15th Edition, 2006). The OIE notifiable disease list may be found on the internet at: http://www.oie.int/eng/maladies/en_classification.htm. The list may also be found in the Washington state department of agriculture's Animal Health Handbook for Veterinarians.

     "OIE" means Office International des Epizooties. The OIE is the World Organization of Animal Health.

     "Reportable disease list" means the list of diseases that include the OIE notifiable disease list and other diseases listed in this chapter.

     (((8))) "Veterinary laboratory" means a place equipped for performing diagnostic or investigative procedures on submitted specimens from animals and fish ((or their environment where the tests are conducted)) by personnel whose primary duties are to conduct such procedures.

[Statutory Authority: RCW 16.36.010(1), [16.36.]040 and [16.36.]080(4). 00-06-064, § 16-70-005, filed 3/1/00, effective 4/1/00. Statutory Authority: RCW 16.36.096 and 16.36.040. 93-19-127 (Order 5011), § 16-70-005, filed 9/21/93, effective 10/22/93.]

     (2) Case definitions shall conform to OIE standards under the ((OIE International)) Terrestrial Animal Health Code ((where)) (15th Edition, 2006) and the OIE Manual of Diagnostic Tests and Vaccines for Terrestrial Animals, 5th Edition, 2004, with updates published online at: http://www.oie.int/eng/publicat/en_standards.htm.

     (a) A case means an individual animal affected by one of the ((infectious or parasitic)) diseases ((recognized by OIE,)) listed on the OIE notifiable disease list or a disease listed in this chapter.

     (b) The criterion by which "affected" is defined ((and made clear in each instance)) for each disease (for example: Clinical signs, serological evidence, etc.) is found in the Terrestrial Animal Health Code and Manual of Diagnostic Tests and Vaccines for Terrestrial Animals.

     (c) The OIE ((International)) Terrestrial Animal Health Code can be found on the internet under OIE-((International)) Health Standards at: http://www.oie.int/eng/normes/en_mcode.htm. The ((International)) Terrestrial Animal Health Code is available in web format ((or)); a hard copy version may be ordered from OIE. ((Exceptions to the above standards are as noted in subsection (3) of this section.

     (2) The following listed emergency diseases, suspected or confirmed, shall be reported immediately (by telephone or fax on day discovered) to the office of the state veterinarian whenever encountered among animals within the state:

((All suspected foreign or eradicated diseases including all of the following diseases:
	African Horse Sickness
	African Swine Fever
	Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE)
	Caprine and Ovine Brucellosis (excluding Brucella ovis)
	Classical Swine Fever (Hog Cholera)
	Contagious Bovine Pleuropneumonia
	Contagious Equine Metritis
	Contagious Agalactia
	Contagious Caprine Pleuropneumonia
	Dourine
	Enterovirus Encephalomyelitis (exotic strains)
	Epizootic Lymphangitis
	Equine Piroplasmosis
	Exotic (velogenic and mesogenic strains) Newcastle Disease
	Foot and Mouth Disease (all types)
	Glanders
	Heartwater
	Horse Pox
	Japanese Encephalitis
	Lumpy Skin Disease
	Malignant Catarrhal Fever (foreign strain)
	Nairobi Sheep Disease
	Ovine Pulmonary Adenomatosis
	Peste des Petits Ruminants
	Rift Valley Fever
	Rinderpest
	Salmonellosis (Salmonella abortus ovis)
	Screwworm
	Sheep Pox and Goat Pox
	Surra (Trypanosoma evansi)
	Theileriasis (Theilera parva, T. annulata and other foreign species)
	Trypanosomiasis (Trypanosoma congolense, T. vivax, T. brucei brucei)
	Venezuelan Equine Encephalomyelitis
In addition the following foreign fish diseases are reportable to the director through the director of the Washington department of fish and wildlife:
	Epizootic Hematopoietic Necrosis
	Herpesvirosis of Salmonids (Onchorynchus Masou Virus Disease)
	Spring Viremia of Carp
	Viral Hemorrhagic Septicemia (European strain)
The following domestic diseases are also reportable immediately:
	Anthrax
	Fowl Plague (Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza)
	Rabies
	Swine Vesicular Disease
	Sylvatic plague
	Vesicular stomatitis))

     (3) The following listed diseases suspected or confirmed shall be reported the next working day, by telephone or fax to the office of the state veterinarian whenever encountered among animals within the state. Case definitions are as indicated for each disease.

	((Brucellosis (positive serology, abortion, or bacterial culture)
	Contagious Ecthyma (sheep, goats, llama, alpaca) (clinical signs or virus isolation)
	Chronic Wasting Disease (Cervids) (clinical signs, histopathology, or chemical histopathology)
	Equine Encephalitis EEE, WEE (horses) (clinical signs, histopathology, or positive serology with increasing titer)
	Fowl Typhoid (Salmonella gallinarum) (bacterial culture and positive serology)
	Infectious Coryza (poultry) (clinical signs, bacterial culture and positive serology)
	Laryngotracheitis (poultry) (clinical signs, viral culture or positive serology)
	Lyme Disease (any species) (clinical signs and positive serology)
	Ornithosis or Psittacosis (all birds) (bacterial culture, positive serology, or other positive laboratory diagnostic tests)
	Pullorum Disease (Salmonella pullorum or typhoid) (bacterial culture and positive serology)
	Potomac Horse Fever (horses) (clinical signs and positive serology)
	Pseudorabies (swine) (positive serology)
	Scrapie (sheep, goats) (clinical signs, histopathology, or chemical histopathology)
	Tuberculosis (clinical signs, history of exposure, responder to tuberculin, granulomas submitted as possible tuberculosis lesions, acid fast organisms not identified as Johne's or benign types, bacterial culture positive for M. tuberculosis, M. bovis or M. avium in a mammal, or other laboratory tests diagnostic for M. tuberculosis, M. bovis or M. avium in a mammal)
	Tularemia (sheep, dogs, cats, rabbits, wildlife) (clinical signs, serology or bacterial culture)))

     (4) The following listed diseases are reportable monthly by the fifth working day of the month to the office of the state veterinarian when diagnosed in the previous month by any veterinary laboratory performing testing or diagnostic procedures on any animal resident in the state of Washington. Only the first case of each individual disease diagnosed each month needs to be reported. The diseases listed below with others listed in subsections (1) and (2) of this section will be reported on a qualitative basis each month to the National Animal Health Reporting System (NAHRS) by the state veterinarian.

	((Anaplasmosis
	Atrophic Rhinitis
	Babesiosis
	Bovine Genital Campylobacteriosis
	Avian Infectious Bronchitis
	Avian Tuberculosis
	Caprine Arthritis/Encephalitis (CAE)
	Cysticercosis
	Dermatophilosis (Dermatophilus congolensis) cattle only
	Duck Viral Enteritis
	Duck Viral Hepatitis
	Bluetongue
	Echinococcosis/Hydatidosis
	Enzootic Abortion of Ewes (Ovine Psittacosis, Chlamydia psittaci)
	Enzootic Bovine Leukosis (BLV)
	Equine Influenza (Virus Type A)
	Equine Rhinopneumonitis (1 and 4)
	Equine Viral Arteritis (EVA)
	Fowl Cholera (Pasteurella multocida)
	Fowl Pox
	Hemorrhagic Septicemia (Pasteurella multocida)
	Horse mange
	Infectious Bursal Disease (Gumboro Disease)
	Infectious Bovine Rhinotracheitis/Infectious Pustular Vulvovaginitis (IBR/IPV)
	Infectious Hematopoietic Necrosis (to be reported by fish laboratories)
	Leptospirosis
	Maedi-Visna/Ovine Progressive Pneumonia
	Marek's Disease
	Mycoplasmosis (Mycoplasma gallisepticum)
	Ovine Epididymitis (Brucella ovis)
	Paratuberculosis (Johne's Disease)
	Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome (PRRS)
	Transmissible Gastroenteritis (TGE)
	Trichomoniasis
	Q Fever (Coxiella burnetti)))

     (5) The following list of diseases suspected or confirmed by veterinarians or veterinary laboratories shall be reported if notified to do so by letter from the state veterinarian's office whenever encountered in any animals during the reporting month. These diseases are to be reported by the 10th day of the next month. The case definition will be supplied with notification of required reporting.

	((Anaplasmosis
	Aleutian disease (mink)
	Atrophic rhinitis
	Blackleg
	Bovine viral diarrhea
	Botulism (horses, swine, mink)
	Bluetongue
	Campylobacteriosis
	Coccidiosis (clinical cases only)
	Distemper (dogs, mink)
	Edema disease of swine
	Equine protozoal myeloencephalitis
	Equine viral arteritis (abortion or respiratory)
	Equine viral rhinopneumonia (abortion)
	Erysipelas (swine)
	Feline panleukopenia
	Heartworm
	Histoplasmosis
	Influenza (swine) (horses)
	Leptospirosis
	Leukosis (cattle)
	Leukemia (cats)
	Listeriosis
	Malignant edema (horses, cattle)
	Malignant catarrhal fever (sheep)
	Mycotic stomatitis
	Infectious mastitis (cattle) (goats)
	Newcastle disease (lentogenic or low pathogenic strain)
	Paratuberculosis (Johne's disease, confirmed only)
	Parvo and related viruses (dogs)
	Salmonellosis (including paratyphoid and enteritidis in poultry typhimurium (DT 104), S. dublin and S. newport in cattle and any salmonella outbreaks in horses)
	Scabies (swine and small animals) (nonotodectic)
	Strangles (confirmed Strep. equi)
	Tetanus (clostridium tetani) (horses) (sheep)
	Transmissible mink encephalopathy
	Toxoplasmosis
	Transmissible gastroenteritis (TGE of swine)
	Tuberculosis (dogs, cats)
	Trichomoniasis))

[Statutory Authority: RCW 16.36.010(1), [16.36.]040 and [16.36.]080(4). 00-06-064, § 16-70-010, filed 3/1/00, effective 4/1/00. Statutory Authority: RCW 16.36.096 and 16.36.040. 93-19-127 (Order 5011), § 16-70-010, filed 9/21/93, effective 10/22/93; Order 1005, Regulations 1-3, filed 7/22/66, effective 8/22/66; Order 655, Regulation 1, effective 5/19/53.]

     (b) Any veterinarian or veterinary laboratory may ((also)) voluntarily report ((any)) to the office of the state veterinarian other diseases ((of this nature on the monthly disease report forms as he/she determines they are pertinent to the purposes of the department and advantageous to disease control in the state)) that are not on the OIE notifiable disease list or not listed below.

     (2) In addition to the diseases that are on the OIE notifiable disease list, the following diseases must be reported immediately to the office of the state veterinarian:

     Beef measles (Teania saginata)

     Chronic wasting disease in cervids (Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy)

     Contagious ecthyma (Orf)

     Hantavirus

     Infectious Coryza in poultry (Hemophilus gallinarum)

     Listeriosis

     Low pathogenic avian influenza H5/H7

     Lyme disease

     Plague (Yersinia pestis)

     Potomac horse fever (Erlichiosis)

     Salmonellosis (any livestock species)

     Scabies (any livestock species)

     Shigella-toxin producing E. coli

     Strangles in equine (Streptococcus equi)

[Statutory Authority: RCW 16.36.096 and 16.36.040. 93-19-127 (Order 5011), § 16-70-020, filed 9/21/93, effective 10/22/93; Order 1005, Regulation 4, filed 7/22/66, effective 8/22/66.]

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