Aquatic Animal Health Status Reviews
APHIS Veterinary Services conducts annual reviews to determine the health status of select aquatic animal pathogens of concern for the United States or regions within the United States.
List of Aquatic Animal Health Status Reviews
These reviews are based on the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) criteria as specified in Chapter 1.4. Aquatic Animal Disease Surveillance of the WOAH Aquatic Code. Data to support these reviews include annually aggregated and anonymous pathogen testing data collected using a collaborative process with private and public partners, as well as review of regulations, competencies, and oversight that together ensure the maintenance of basic biosecurity conditions.
The table below indicates the animal health review status for a given aquatic animal pathogen of concern as determined by APHIS Veterinary Services.
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For more details about the review and disease freedom declarations for a given pathogen or other terms used on this page, view the Glossary of Terms.
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Presumed Freedom
APHIS designates presumed freedom status for the following pathogens of concern. For these pathogens, an official evaluation of freedom at the country or regional level has not been conducted. However, an absence of reports suggests the pathogen is not present:
- Crustaceans
- Decapod iridescent virus-1 (DIV-1)
- Taura syndrome virus (TSV)
- Yellowhead virus-1 (YHV-1)
- Enterocytozoon hepatopenaei (EHP)
- Necrotizing hepatopancreatitis (NHP)
- Macrobranchium rosenbergii nodavirus (white tail disease)
- Infectious myonecrosis virus (IMNV)
- Mollusks
- Abalone herpesvirus
Questions?
If you have questions or need more information, contact us:
VS Aquaculture Health Team