Bureau of Disease Control and Veterinary Services (BDCVS)

Bureau of Disease Control and Veterinary Services (BDCVS)

The Bureau of Disease Control and Veterinary Services is responsible for planning, coordination and monitoring of control, prevention, and eradication programs and activities of important animal and zoonotic diseases including disease reporting system, animal disease surveillance and monitoring programs, epidemiological studies, provision of animal health service. In addition, training courses the field epidemiology training program for veterinarians (FETPV) were organized for DLD staff at regional, provincial and district level.

The Bureau also disseminates information on animal health, animal diseases, and surveillance activities to veterinarians, farmers, consumers, private sectors, government agencies, and decision makers. In addition, BDCVS collaborates with other national agencies, especially Department of Disease Control, Ministry of Public Health and empowers local administrative authority known as “Sub district Administration Organization” in prevention, control, and eradication of animal and zoonotic diseases.

National notifiable animal diseases

In Thailand, a national list of notifiable animal diseases was agreed by DLD based on the OIE listed diseases and the Animal Epidemics Act 2015. The national list of notifiable animal diseases has been regularly reviewed, according to the OIE listed diseases and national concerns. After its revision, the list will be announced in the Ministry proclamation as required by law. The diseases are included for surveillance purposes, so that unusual incidence of animal morbidity or mortality of animal diseases and diseases of public health significance can be detect quickly. This requirement to report notifiable diseases is enforced by law. Based on the Animal Epidemics Act, if an animal is sick or dies from an epidemic disease where it is known, or if an animal becomes sick or died suddenly from unknown cause, the owner shall notify to the local official, inspector, or veterinarian within twenty-four hours. After that, veterinarians have to investigate on the premise immediately.

Group / Definition	Notifiable terrestrial animal diseases	Response
GROUP 1 Contagious diseases that cause huge damage and take them as the emergency cases when the diseases occur	Foot and mouth disease Haemorrhagic septicemia Anthrax Blackleg Classical swine fever Newcastle disease Avian influenza	Immediate notification and response (with laboratory confirmation)
GROUP 2 Exotic diseases	Nipah viral encephalitis Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) Rinderpest	Immediate notification and response (with laboratory confirmation)
GROUP 3 Zoonotic diseases	Rabies Leptospirosis	Coordinate with Ministry of Public Health for futher investigation and response (with laboratory confirmation)
GROUP 4 Reportable diseases based on laboratory surveillance	MULTIPLE SPECIES DISEASES Brucellosis Japanese encephalitis Aujeszky’s disease Trichinosis Vesicular stomatitis Melioidosis Salmonellosis CATTLE DISEASES Contagious bovine pleuro pneumonia (CBPP) Paratuberculosis Tuberculosis SHEEP AND GOAT DISEASE Caprine arthritis encephalitis EQUINE DISEASES Surra Epizootic lymphangitis Equine infectious anemia Glanders Dourine Venezuelan equine encephalomyelitis African horse sickness Equine piroplasmosis Horse pox Equine rhinopneumonitis Contagious equine metritis Horse mange Equine encephalomyelitis Infectious arteritis of horse Equine influenza (Type A virus) SWINE DISEASES Atrophic rhinitis Swine influenza Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS) AVIAN DISEASES Duck plague (Duck virus enteritis) Fowl cholera Pullorum Infectious laryngotracheitis BEE DISEASES American foulbrood disease European foulbrood disease Nosema disease Chalkbrood disease Sacbrood disease Black disease Varroa disease Tropilaelaps disease Acarine disease Braula disease