Alerts
List of pathogens of aquatic animal biosecurity concern
Effective from 20 September 2019Animal Division in the Australian Government Department of Agriculture has developed a list of Pathogens of aquatic animal biosecurity concern.
Who does this alert affect:
Importers and manufacturers of veterinary therapeutics and veterinary vaccines.
Background:
The list identifies those aquatic pathogens that will be taken into consideration during a biosecurity risk assessment for the import and use of aquatic animal-related products.
These products include:
Vaccine master seeds or cell lines that are sourced from aquatic animals
Raw materials derived from aquatic animals that are used in vaccine production, and
Vaccines that have an aquatic animal target species.
The pathogens listed below present a significant threat to Australian aquatic animal health and are significant in the international trade of aquatic animals and animal products. Outbreaks of these diseases represent a significant economic and social threat to Australia’s aquaculture industries and environment.
The list of Pathogens of aquatic animal biosecurity concern is as follows:
Animal species |
Pathogen |
Disease |
Salmon |
Aeromonas salmonicida subsp. Salmonicida - including atypical strains |
Furunculosis |
Infectious haematopoietic necrosis virus (IHNV) |
Infectious Haematopoietic Necrosis | |
Infectious pancreatic necrosis virus (IPNV) |
Infectious Pancreatic Necrosis | |
Salmon isavirus Including HPR-deleted or HPR0 infectious salmon anaemia virus |
Infectious Salmon Anaemia | |
Oncorhynchus masou virus |
Oncorhynchus masou virus disease | |
Piscirickettsia salmonis |
Piscirickettsiosis | |
Renibacterium salmoninarum |
Bacterial kidney disease | |
Salmonid alphavirus (SAV) |
Salmonid alphavirus | |
Carp sprivivirus |
Spring viraemia of carp | |
Vibrio salmonicida |
Various diseases | |
Viral haemorrhagic septicaemia virus (VHSV) |
Viral haemorrhagic septicaemia | |
Yersinia ruckeri – Hagerman strain |
Enteric redmouth disease | |
Non-salmonid finfish |
Aeromonas salmonicida subsp. salmonicida - including atypical strains |
Furunculosis |
Aquabirnaviruses |
Various diseases | |
European catfish virus (ECV)/European sheatfish virus) |
Epizootic haematopoietic necrosis | |
Singapore grouper iridovirus |
Grouper iridovirus disease/sleepy grouper disease | |
Ictalurid herpesvirus 1 (Channel catfish virus) |
Channel catfish virus disease | |
Infectious haematopoietic necrosis virus (IHNV) |
Infectious Haematopoietic Necrosis | |
Salmon isavirus Including HPR-deleted or HPRO infectious salmon anaemia virus |
Infectious salmon anaemia | |
Infectious spleen and kidney necrosis virus (ISKNV) |
Infectious spleen and kidney necrosis disease | |
ISKNV-like viruses (Piscine Orthomyxoviruses) |
Various diseases | |
Cyprinid herpesvirus 3 |
Carp interstitial and gill nephritis | |
Piscine retrovirus (including Salmonid leukaemia virus and plasmacytoid leukaemia) |
Various diseases | |
Red sea bream iridovirus (RSIV) |
Red sea bream iridovirus disease | |
Carp sprivivirus |
Spring viraemia of carp | |
Vibrio salmonicida |
Various diseases | |
Viral haemorrhagic septicaemia virus (VHSV) |
Viral haemorrhagic septicaemia | |
Yersinia ruckeri – Hagerman strain |
Enteric redmouth disease | |
Molluscs |
Iridoviruses |
Various diseases |
Xenohaliotis californiensis |
Withering syndrome of abalone | |
Crustaceans |
Aphanomyces astaci |
Crayfish plague |
Candidatus Hepatobacter penaei |
Necrotising hepatopancreatitis | |
Enterocytozoon hepatopenaei |
Hepatopancreatic microsporidiosis | |
Gill-associated virus |
Gill-associated virus disease | |
Decapod penstyldensovirus 1 (also known as Infectious hypodermal and haematopoietic necrosis virus (IHHNV)) |
Infectious hypodermal and haematopoietic necrosis | |
Infectious myonecrosis virus (IMNV) |
Infectious myonecrosis | |
Laem-Singh virus (LSNV) |
Monodon slow growth syndrome | |
Taura syndrome virus (TSV) |
Taura syndrome | |
Vibrio parahaemolyticus (VpAHPND) with PirA and PirB toxins |
Acute hepatopancreatic necrosis disease (AHPND) | |
White spot syndrome virus (WSSV) |
White spot disease | |
Yellow head virus (YHV) genotype 1 |
Yellow head disease | |
Amphibians |
Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis |
Chytridiomycosis |
Bactrachochytrium salamandrivorans |
Chytridiomycosis | |
Ranaviruses |
Various diseases |
Further information:
Contact the Animal and Biological Imports Branch through the Import Services team on 1800 900 090 or imports@agriculture.gov.au.
This Alert applies to the following Cases: