Diseases in Aquatic Animals (Amendment) Rules, 2013

L.N. 125 of 2013

VETERINARY SERVICES ACT

(CAP. 437)

Animal Health Requirements for Aquaculture Animals and

Products thereof, and on the Prevention and Control of Certain

Diseases in Aquatic Animals (Amendment) Rules, 2013

IN exercise of the powers conferred by article 5 of the

Veterinary Services Act, the Minister for Sustainable Development,

the Environment and Climate Change has made the following rules:-

The title of these rules is the Animal Health Requirements

for Aquaculture Animals and Products thereof, and on the Prevention

and Control of Certain Diseases in Aquatic Animals (Amendment)

Rules, 2013 and these rules shall be read and construed as one with

the Animal Health Requirements for Aquaculture Animals and

Products thereof, and on the Prevention and Control of Certain

Diseases in Aquatic Animals Rules, hereinafter referred to as "the

principal rules".

In Schedule IV to the principal rules, for the words "Part II

Listed Diseases", there shall be substituted the following

"Part II

Listed Diseases

Exotic diseases

Disease

Susceptible species

Fish

Epizootic

Rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus

mykiss) and Redfin perch (Perca

haematopoietic

fluviatilis)

necrosis

Molluscs

Infection with

Australian mud oyster (Ostrea

Bonamia exitiosa

angasi) and Chilean flat oyster

(O. chilensis)

Infection with

Pacific oyster (Crassostrea

Perkinsus marinus

gigas) and Eastern oyster (C.

virginica)

Infection with

Pacific oyster (Crassostrea

Microcytos mackini gigas), Eastern oyster (C.

virginica), Olympia flat oyster

conchaphila)

(Ostrea

and

European flat oyster (O. edulis)

Gulf white shrimp (Penaeus

Crustaceans Taura syndrome

setiferus), Pacific blue shrimp

(P. stylirostris), and Pacific

white shrimp (P. vannamei)

Yellowhead disease

Gulf brown shrimp (Penaeus

aztecus), Gulf pink shrimp (P.

duorarum), Kuruma prawn (P.

japonicus), Black tiger shrimp

(P. monodon), Gulf white shrimp

(P. setiferus), Pacific blue

shrimp (P. stylirostris), and

Pacific white shrimp (P.

vannamei)

Non-exotic diseases

Diseases

Susceptible species

Fish

Viral haemorrhagic

Herring (Clupea spp.), Whitefish

septicaemia (VHS)

(Coregonus sp.), Pike (Esox

lucius),

Haddock

(Gadus

aeglefinus), Pacific cod (G.

macrocephalus), Atlantic cod (G.

morhua),

Pacific

salmon

(Oncorhynchus spp.) Rainbow

trout (O. mykiss), Rockling

(Onos mustelus), Brown trout

trutta),

(Salmo

Turbot

(Scophthalmus maximus), Sprat

(Sprattus sprattus), Grayling

(Thymallus thymallus) and Olive

flounder

(Paralichthys

olivaceus)

Infectious

Chum salmon (Oncorhynchus

keta), Coho salmon (O. kisutch),

haematopoietic

Masou salmon (O. masou),

necrosis (IHN)

Rainbow or Steelhead trout (O.

mykiss), Sockeye salmon (O.

nerka), Pink salmon (O.

rhodurus) Chinook salmon (O.

tshawytscha),

and

Atlantic

salmon (Salmo salar)

Koi herpes virus

Common carp and Koi carp

(Cyprinus carpio)

(KHV) disease

Infectious salmon

Rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus

mykiss), Atlantic salmon (Salmo

anaemia (ISA)

salar), and Brown and Sea trout

(S. trutta)

Molluscs

Infection with

Australian mud oyster (Ostrea

Marteilia refringens angasi), Chilean flat oyster (O.

chilensis), European flat oyster

(O. edulis), Argentinian oyster

(O. puelchana), Blue mussel

edulis)

(Mytilus

and

Mediterranean

mussel

(M.

galloprovincialis)

Infection with

Australian mud oyster (Ostrea

Bonamia ostreae

angasi), Chilean flat oyster (O.

chilensis), Olympia flat oyster

(O. conchaphila), Asiatic oyster

(O. denselammellosa), European

flat oyster (O. edulis), and

Argentinian

oyster

(O.

puelchana)

Crustaceans White spot disease

All decapod crustaceans (order

Decapoda)".

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