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Emergency and notifiable animal diseases

• Emergency animal diseases
  can have serious consequences for trade, production or human health. Contact a vet or call the emergency animal disease watch hotline on
  1800 675 888
  if you see symptoms or deaths in animals that may be due to an emergency animal disease.
• Notifiable animal diseases in NSW
  A number of animal diseases, including all emergency animal diseases, are notifiable under NSW legislation. This means there's a legal obligation to notify authorities if you know or suspect that an animal has one of these diseases.
• Notifiable animal disease form (PDF 44KB)
  You can use this form to notify the knowledge or suspicion of a notifiable animal disease.