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Animal Reporting Guidelines

Page last updated 12/31/2025.

This page includes information on animal reporting efforts. To learn more about reportable diseases, please see the County’s Data and Reports Webpage.

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• How to Report Animal Diseases
• Resources

How to Report Animal Diseases

Reporting to the Epidemiology Unit

Call (619) 692-8499 to report animal diseases to the Epidemiology Unit. Animal diseases that must be reported to the Epidemiology Unit (Title 17, 2500), include:

• Anthrax
• Brucellosis
• Plague
• Rabies
• Tularemia
• Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers
• Novel Virus Infection with Pandemic Potential – Including Influenza in Cats
• Occurrence of any unusual disease
• Outbreaks of any disease

Use the OHEP Disease Reporting Form to report a single case of another animal disease, condition, or syndrome that is not on the list of reportable diseases.

Reporting to the California Department of Food and Agriculture

Call the Animal Health Branch District Office nearest you to report animal diseases. The California Department of Food and Agriculture has a list of diseases that must be reported to the Department.

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Resources

County of San Diego

• Data and Reports
• OHEP Disease Reporting Form

California Department of Food and Agriculture

• List of Reportable Diseases
• Reporting Animal Diseases

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Contact the San Diego One Health Epidemiology Program through our contact form, via e-mail at phs.ohep.hhsa@sdcounty.ca.gov, or call the Epidemiology Unit at (619) 692-8499, for more information.