The Czech Republic is one of the countries that has managed to recover its livestock farms from a number of diseases that still occur in other countries in Europe and the world. With the help of farmers and consistent monitoring by the State Veterinary Administration, the disease situation in the Czech Republic has been maintained. The free status is granted by the European Commission and the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE).
- The European Commission has granted the Czech Republic the official disease-free status for the following diseases: bovine tuberculosis, bovine brucellosis, ovine and caprine brucellosis, enzootic bovine leukosis, rabies, Aujeszky’s disease in domestic swine, infectious salmon anemia and infectious bovine rhinotracheitis (IBR) (6.11.2020).
- The WOAH has granted the Czech Republic free status of FMD, African horse sickness, peste des petits ruminants, classical swine fever, rinderpest and bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) and has achieved the highest possible negligible risk status.
- In addition, the Czech Republic is free of the following diseases: bovine pneumonia, bovine nodular dermatitis, vesicular stomatitis.
For the latest, up to date information on the animal health situation in Czechia, go to the WAHID interface on the WOAH website: WAHIS (woah.org)
More detailed information on bluetongue, including a map, can be found here: Bluetongue in the Czech Republic
If you have any further questions about the disease status in the Czech Republic, you can contact us at epiz@svscr.cz
Last updated: 18.10.24 (dd.mm.yy)
All mammal species
| Disease | Present | Absent | Official status (WOAH/EU) |
| Anthrax | X | ||
| Rabies (RABV) |
Self-declared freedom (WOAH) |
Free from disease ~ EU (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/620) |
|
| Aujeszky’s disease (ADV) | X | Free from disease ~ EU (2004) (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/620) |
Equines
| Disease | Present | Absent | Official status (WOAH/EU) |
| Equine infectious anemia |
X |
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| Dourine | X | ||
| Equine Eastern encephalomyelitis | Never recorded | ||
| Venezuelan equine encephalomyelitis | Never recorded | ||
| Epizootic lymfangitis | Never recorded | ||
| Glanders | X | ||
| African horse sickness | X | Free from disease ~ WOAH (2012) | |
| Vesicular stomatitis | Never recorded | ||
| West Nile fever | X | ||
| Hendra virus | Never recorded |
Ruminants and camelidae
| Disease | Present | Absent | Official status (WOAH/EU) |
| Foot and mouth disease | X |
Free from disease ~ |
|
| Bluetongue (BTV) | Whole territory | ||
| Rift Valley fever | Never recorded | ||
| Rinderpest | X | Worldwide eradication | |
| Peste des petits ruminants | X | Free from disease ~ EU (2004) | |
| Q fever | X |
Cattle
| Disease | Present | Absent | Official status (WOAH/EU) |
| Brucellosis (B. anortus, B. melitensis, B. suis) | X | Free from disease ~ EU (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/620) |
|
| Bovine Viral Diarrhea (BVD) | X | No status | |
| Lumpy skin disease | Never recorded | ||
| Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) | X | Free from disease ~ WOAH (2014) | |
| Enzootic bovine leucosis (EBL) | X | Free from disease ~ EU (2004) (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/620) |
|
| Bovine tuberculosis (MTBC) | X | Free from disease ~ EU (2004) (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/620) |
|
| Vesicular stomatitis | Never recorded | ||
| Contagious Bovine Pleuropneumonia (CBPP) |
X | Free from disease ~ WOAH (2024) | |
| Infectious bovine rhinotracheitis (IBR) / infectious pustular vulvovaginitis (IPV) | X | Free from disease ~ EU (2020) (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/620) |
Sheep and goat
| Disease | Present | Absent | Official status (WOAH/EU) |
| Brucellosis (B. abortus) | X | Free from disease ~ EU (2004) (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/620) |
|
| Brucellosis (B. melitensis) | X | Free from disease ~ EU (2004) (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/620) |
|
| Brucellosis (B. ovis) | X | Free from disease ~ EU (2004) (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/620) |
|
| Sheep and goat pox | Never recorded | ||
| Scrapie | X | Official status (2024) (Regulation No 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council) |
Swine
| Disease | Present | Absent | Official status (WOAH/EU) |
| Brucellosis | X | Free from disease ~ EU (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/620) |
|
| Enzootic encephalomyelitis (Teschen disease) | X | ||
| Vesicular swine disease | Never recorded | ||
|
Trichinosis (Trichinella spp.) |
X | ||
| African swine fever – domestic pigs | X | ||
| African swine fever – wild boar | X | ||
| Classical swine fever | X | Free from disease ~ WOAH (2016) | |
| Vesicular stomatitis | Never recorded |
Polutry and birds
| Disease | Present | Absent | Official status (WOAH/EU) |
| High pathogenic avian influenza | X | ||
| Newcastle disease | X | Self-declared freedom (WOAH) 2018 |
|
| Paramyxovirus disease in pigeons | X | ||
| Avian cholera | X |
Honeybees
| Disease | Present | Absent | Official status (WOAH/EU) |
| Acariosis (Acarapis woodi) | X | ||
| Aethina tumida (Small hive beetle) | X | ||
| Tropilaelaps spp. | X | ||
| American foulbrood (Paenibacillus larvae) |
X | ||
| European foulbrood (Melissococcus plutonius) |
X | ||
| Varroa spp. | X |
Aquatic animals
| Disease | Present | Absent | Official status (WOAH/EU) |
| Infectious salmon anemia (ISAV) | X | Free from disease ~ EU (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/620) |
|
| Infectious haematopoietic necrosis (IHN) | X | X | |
| Viral haemorrhagic septicaemia (VHS) | X | ||
| Koi herpesvirus | X | ||
| Epizootic haematopoietic necrosis | Never recorded | ||
| Marteilia refringens | Never recorded | ||
| Bonamia exitiosa | Never recorded | ||
| Bonamia ostreae | Never recorded | ||
| White spot syndrome virus (WSSV) | Never recorded |
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