The Absence of Specified Animal Diseases from New Zealand
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1st November 2009
To whom it may concern:
ABSENCE OF SPECIFIED ANIMAL DISEASES FROM NEW ZEALAND
As New Zealand's Director Post-Border I confirm that none of the following specified animal diseases has ever occurred in New Zealand.
- foot and mouth disease
- rinderpest
- lumpy skin disease
- swine vesicular disease
- African swine fever
- bluetongue
- akabane disease
- African horse sickness
- highly pathogenic avian influenza
- Rift Valley fever
- ovine pulmonary adenomatosis
- Japanese encephalitis
- equine influenza
- vesicular stomatitis
- bovine spongiform encephalopathy
- chronic wasting disease
- peste des petits ruminants
- sheep pox and goat pox
- rabies
- glanders
- European foulbrood
- tracheal mite
- tropilaelaps mites
- west Nile virus
- Newcastle disease
- duck viral enteritis
- duck viral hepatitis
- contagious caprine pleuropneumonia
- maedi-visna
- Brucella melitensis
- contagious agalactia
- porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome
- enzootic abortion of ewes
New Zealand has been free from:
- infectious bursal disease since 1999
- equine infectious anaemia since 1999
- Aujeszky's disease since 1995
- Brucella abortus since 1989
- fowl typhoid and pullorum disease since 1985
- anthrax since 1954
- scrapie since 1954
- classical swine fever since 1953
- contagious bovine pleuropneumonia since 1864
New Zealand has legislation prohibiting the feeding of ruminant material to ruminants; this legislation has been in place since 2000.
It should be noted that the lists presented above are not exhaustive – further information regarding diseases not present in New Zealand or New Zealand's disease status can be obtained by emailing: NZBiosecuritySurveillance@maf.govt.nz
Yours sincerely
Peter Thomson - Director Post-Border
Page last updated: 3 November 2009