| Nebraska Reportable Disease | ||
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| Foreign, Program, and Emerging Diseases are Reportable in Nebraska. These are further classified into the following categories: | ||
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| 1. Category I disease means all foreign animal diseases, emergency conditions, and program diseases. | ||
| 2. Category II disease means endemic animal diseases which are not program diseases, and such diseases shall be monitored by animal disease diagnostic laboratories. | ||
| 3. Emerging disease means a new infection resulting from the evolution, re-emergence, or change of an existing pathogenic agent, a known infection spreading to a new geographic area or population, or a previously unrecognized pathogenic agent or disease diagnosed for the first time and which has a significant impact on animal or public health. Emerging diseases may be identified by the state veterinarian in conjunction with Nebraska livestock health committees, producers, practicing veterinarians, and other affected persons, as having the potential for serious economic impact or serious threat to livestock health. | ||
| 4. Program disease means a livestock disease for which specific legislation exists for disease control or eradication. | ||
