In order to provide the basis for monitoring, prevention, control and eradication of animal diseases and in the regulation of animals, animal products and by-products, animal feeds, veterinary drugs and products, the following classification of diseases affecting animals is hereby amended:

A. FIRST PRIORITY DISEASES - are communicable diseases which have the potential for very serious and rapid spread; are of serious socio-economic and/or public health importance, are of major importance in the international trade of animals, animal products and by-products, animal feeds, veterinary drugs and products and; are presently the priority of the government for prevention, control and eradication programs

Foot and mouth diseases (01, A 24, C3)
Hemorrhagic septicemia
Hog cholera
Newcastle disease
Rabies
Anthrax
Aujeszky's disease (Pseudorabies)
Infectious Bursal Disease (Gumboro disease)

B. SECOND PRIORITY DISEASES - are communicable diseases which are considered to be of socio-economic and/or public health importance and which are significant in the international trade of animals, animal products and by-products, animal feeds, veterinary drugs and products.

Blackleg
Bovine anaplasmosis
Bovine babesiosis
Bovine tuberculosis
Brucellosis
Fasciolosis (Liver fluke disease)
Leptospirosis
Pullorum disease
Surra (Trypanosomosis)

C. EMERGING DISEASES - are communicable diseases which have been recently detected to be present in the country but still confined in limited areas or farms:

Caprine arthritis/encephalitis
Equine influenza
Japanese encephalitis
Mucosal disease/Bovine virus diarrhea
Porcine dermatitis nephritis syndrome
Porcine multisystemic wasting syndrome
Swine influenza
Transmissible gastroenteritis

D. DISEASES OF FARM CONCERN - are diseases which commonly affect farm animals and their prevention and control are of primary concern of the farm.

1. Hogs
   
   Actinobacillus pleuropneumonia
   Atrophic rhinitis
   Glasser's disease
   Porcine parvovirus
   Porcine reproductive & respiratory syndrome
   Swine erysipelas
   Swine enzootic pneumonia
   Swine plague
   
   
2. Poultry
   
   Avian encephalomyelitis/encephalitis
   Avian infectious bronchitis
   Avian infectious laryngotracheitis
   Avian leukosis
   Avian malaria (Leucocytozoonosis)
   Bacillary white diarrhea
   Chlamydiosis
   Coccidiosis
   Egg drop syndrome
   Fowl cholera (Avian pasteurellosis)
   Fowl pox
   Infectious chicken anemia
   Infectious coryza
   Malabsorption syndrome
   Marek's disease
   Swollen head syndrome
   Viral arthritis (Tenosynovitis)
   
   
3. Sheep/Goat
   
   Orf
   Parasitic gastroenteritis
   
   
4. Multispecies
   
   Colibacillosis
   Epherneral fever
   Keratoconjuctivitis (Pink eye disease)
   Mycoplasmosis
   Mycotoxicosis
   Salmonellosis
   Screwworm (Myiasis)

E. DISEASES OF COMPANION ANIMALS - are diseases of horses, dogs, cats and exotic pets which are present in the country.

Canine babesiosis (Babesia canis)
Canine coronavirus enteritis
Canine distemper
Canine herpes
Canine infectious hepatitis
Canine parainfluenza
Canine parvovirus enteritis
Erlichiosis
Equine infectious anemia
Feline Herpes
Feline panleukopenia
Glanders
Psittacosis/Ornithosis
Strangles

F. EXOTIC DISEASES - are diseases of animals which are not and no longer present in the country based on the classification of OIE listings of diseases, A and B.

African swine fever
Avian influenza
Bluetongue
Bovine spongiform encephalopathy
Contagious bovine pleuropneumonia
Dermatophilosis
Duck virus enteritis
Duck virus hepatitis
Enterovirus encephalomyelitis (Teschen disease)
Enzootic abortion of ewes
Enzootic bovine leukosis
Equine viral arteritis
Foot and mouth disease (Asia1, SAT1, SAT2, SAT3)
Heartwater
Horse pox
Infectious bovine rhinotracheitis
Johne's disease (Paratubercolosis)
Lumpy skin disease
Maedi-visna
Nairobi sheep disease
Nipah virus
Peste des petits ruminants
Pulmonary adenomatosis
Q Fever
Rinderpest
Scrapie
Venezuelan equine encephalomyelitis
Vesicular exanthema
Vesicular stomatitis
This Order shall take effect immediately.

Adopted: 13 Aug. 2004


(SGD.) ARTHUR C. YAP
Officer-In-Charge
Office of the Secretary

Recommending Approval:

(SGD.) JOSE Q. MOLINA, DVM, MVS
Director IV