The Animal Health Division is responsible for a number of disease surveillance activities including, but not limited to:

• Aleutian disease (mink) (133 KB)
• French heartworm (517 KB)
• Hantavirus (233 KB)
• Infectious laryngotracheitis (poultry) (187 KB)
• Rabies
• Ticks and Lyme Disease
• West Nile virus (313 KB)
• Avian Trichomoniasis

In certain cases graduate students from Memorial University or elsewhere are supported to permit more in-depth study of specific diseases.

For further information on:

• Diseases of domestic and wild animals in this province, see Animal Disease Pamphlets
• The health of your own animal, contact your local veterinarian
• The surveillance programs of the Animal Health Division contact the Zoonotic Disease Consultant or the province’s Chief Veterinary Officer. For further information on these and other animal diseases of domestic and wild animals in this province please see our animal disease pamphlets. For questions on the health of your animal please contact your local veterinarian. .

Anyone shipping potentially infectious samples must be aware of the Dangerous Goods Transportation Regulation. As employees of this division have such training, samples can be dropped off at our regional offices

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