USDA Restricted Animal Pathogens

The importation, possession, or use of the following agents is prohibited or restricted by law or by U.S. Department of Agriculture regulations or administrative policies:

African horse sickness

African Swine fever virus*

Akabane virus

Avian influenza virus

Besnoitia besnoiti

Bluetongue virus*

Borna disease virus

Bovine spongiform encephalopathy

Bovine infectious petechial fever agent

Brucella abortus

Brucella melitensis*

Burkholderia mallei (Pseudomonas mallei-Glanders)

Camelpox virus

Classical swine fever

Cochliomyia hominivorax (Screwworm)

Cowdria ruminantium (heartwater)

Creutzfelt-Jacob Disease variant

Bovine spongiform encephalopathy

Ephemeral fever virus

Foot and mouth disease virus*

Histoplasma (Zymonema) farciminosum

Louping ill virus

Lumpy skin disease virus

Mycobacterium bovis

Mycoplamsa agalactiae

Mycoplasma mycoides (mycoides)

Nairobi sheep disease virus (Ganjam virus)

Newcastle disease virus* (velogenic strains)

Peste des petits ruminants*

(plague of small ruminants)

Rift Valley fever virus*

Rinderspest virus*

Sheep and goat pox*

Swine vesicular disease virus*

Teschen disease virus*

Theileria annulata

Theileria lawrencei

Theileria bovis

Theileria hirci

Trypanosoma brucei

Trypanosoma congolense

Trypanosoma equiperdum (dourine)

Trypanosoma evansi

Trypanosoma vivax

Venezuelan equine encephalomyelitis

Vesicular exanthema virus

Vesicular stomatitis

Viral hemorrhagic disease of rabbits

Wesselsbron disease virus

* Export license required by Department of Commerce.

The importation, possession, use, or interstate shipment of animal pathogens other than those listed above may also be subject to regulations of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

A USDA/APHIS import permit is required to import any infectious agent of animals that is listed by USDA/APHIS as a restricted animal pathogen. Such a permit may be required to import any other infectious agent of livestock or poultry. An import permit is also required to import any livestock or poultry animal product such as blood, serum, or other tissues.

For more information regarding USDA Veterinary Services Import / Export permits, please go to http://www.aphis.usda.gov/vs/ncie.