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Animal Health Committee (AHC), June 2025
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Endorsed by the Animal Health Committee (AHC) - June 2025
| Infection with/or disease | Listed in the WOAH Aquatic Animal Health Code (2023) | Listed regionally (WOAH/NACA) (2023) | Exotic to Australia |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Aeromonas salmonicida - atypical strains | |||
| 2. Bacterial kidney disease (Renibacterium salmoninarum) | Yes | ||
| 3. Enteric redmouth disease (Yersinia ruckeri – Hagerman strain) | Yes | ||
| 4. Enteric septicaemia of catfish (Edwardsiella ictaluri) | Yes |
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| 5. Furunculosis (Aeromonas salmonicida subsp. salmonicida) | Yes | ||
| 6. Infection with Aphanomyces invadans (epizootic ulcerative syndrome) | Yes | Yes | |
| 7. Infection with betanodavirus | Yes | ||
| 8. Infection with epizootic haematopoietic necrosis virus | Yes | Yes | |
| 9. Infection with Gyrodactylus salaris | Yes | Yes | |
| 10. Infection with infectious haematopoietic necrosis virus | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| 11. Infection with infectious salmon anaemia virus | Yes | Yes | |
| 12. Infection with infectious spleen and kidney necrosis virus | Yes | Yes | |
| 13. Infection with koi herpesvirus (Cyprinid herpesvirus 3) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| 14. Infection with red sea bream iridovirus | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| 15. Infection with salmonid alphavirus | Yes | Yes | |
| 16. Infection with scale drop disease virus | Yes | ||
| 17. Infection with Singapore grouper iridovirus (ranavirus) | Yes | Yes | |
| 18. Infection with spring viraemia of carp virus | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| 19. Infection with tilapia lake virus | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| 20. Infection with turbot reddish body iridovirus | Yes | Yes | |
| 21. Infection with viral haemorrhagic septicaemia virus | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| 22. Infectious pancreatic necrosis | Yes | ||
| 23. Whirling disease (Myxobolus cerebralis) | Yes |
| Infection with/or disease | Listed in the WOAH Aquatic Animal Health Code (2023) | Listed regionally (WOAH/NACA) (2023) | Exotic to Australia |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Infection with abalone herpesvirus (Haliotid herpesvirus-1) | Yes | Yes | |
| 2. Infection with Bonamia exitiosa | Yes | Yes | |
| 3. Infection with Bonamia ostreae | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| 4. Infection with Marteilia refringens | Yes | Yes | |
| 5. Infection with Marteilia sydneyi | |||
| 6. Infection with Marteilioides chungmuensis | Yes | Yes | |
| 7. Infection with Mikrocytos mackini | Yes | ||
| 8. Infection with ostreid herpesvirus-1 | |||
| 9. Infection with Perkinsus marinus | Yes | Yes | |
| 10. Infection with Perkinsus olseni | Yes | Yes | |
| 11. Infection with Xenohaliotis californiensis | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Infection with/or disease | Listed in the WOAH Aquatic Animal Health Code (2023) | Listed regionally (WOAH/NACA) (2023) | Exotic to Australia |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Acute hepatopancreatic necrosis disease | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| 2. Enterocytozoon hepatopenaei | Yes | Yes | |
| 3. Infection with Aphanomyces astaci (crayfish plague) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| 4. Infection with decapod iridescent virus 1 | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| 5. Infection with Hepatobacter penaei (necrotising hepatopancreatitis) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| 6. Infection with infectious hypodermal and haematopoietic necrosis virus | Yes | Yes | |
| 7. Infection with infectious myonecrosis virus | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| 8. Infection with Laem-Singh virus | Yes | ||
| 9. Infection with Macrobrachium rosenbergii nodavirus (white tail disease) | Yes | Yes | |
| 10. Infection with Taura syndrome virus | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| 11. Infection with white spot syndrome virus | Yes | Yes | * |
| 12. Infection with yellow head virus genotype 1 | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Infection with/or disease | Listed in the WOAH Aquatic Animal Health Code (2023) | Listed regionally (WOAH/NACA) (2023) | Exotic to Australia |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Infection with Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis | Yes | Yes | |
| 2. Infection with Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans | Yes | Yes | |
| 3. Infection with Ranavirus species | Yes | Yes |
* Restrictions apply