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.