Disease Reporting

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Disease Reporting Requirements

Disease Reporting Form -PDF     Disease Reporting Form -Word

     Trichomoniasis Reporting Form

Note: Veterinarians are required to report diseases of both agricultural and public health importance. The Office of Public Health requests that diseases on both the list of agriculturally important diseases and the list specified in the State Sanitary Code (see "Disease Reporting Requirements" above) be reported to the State Veterinarian, Office of Animal Health Services, Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry.  (See contact information below!)

Primary Contact Information:

          Brent Robbins, DVM, State Veterinarian                                                Gary A. Balsamo, DVM, MPH&TM
          Office of Animal Health Services                                                              State Public Health Veterinarian             
          Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry                          Infectious Disease Epidemiology Section
          Phone: (225) 922-1238                                                                                  Phone: (504) 568-8315;   (800) 256-2748
          Fax: (225) 923-4880                                                                                        Fax: (504) 568-8290             
          email:  deputycommissioner@ldaf.la.gov                                            email:  gary.balsamo@la.gov