| Number and percentage of outbreaks by disease | ||
| Disease name | Total_outbreaks | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Influenza A viruses of high pathogenicity (Inf. with) (non-poultry including wild birds) (2017-) | 414 | 55.9 |
| African swine fever virus (Inf. with) | 162 | 21.9 |
| Lumpy skin disease virus (Inf. with) | 78 | 10.5 |
| Rabies virus (Inf. with) | 43 | 5.8 |
| Foot and mouth disease virus (Inf. with) | 25 | 3.4 |
| High pathogenicity avian influenza viruses (Inf. with) (poultry) | 10 | 1.4 |
| White spot syndrome virus (Inf. with) | 2 | 0.3 |
| Anthrax | 1 | 0.1 |
| Classical swine fever virus (Inf. with) | 1 | 0.1 |
| Contagious caprine pleuropneumonia | 1 | 0.1 |
| Megalocytivirus pagrus 1 (Inf. with) (2025-) | 1 | 0.1 |
| Newcastle disease virus (Inf. with) | 1 | 0.1 |
| Peste des petits ruminants virus (Inf. with) | 1 | 0.1 |
| TOTAL | 740 | 100.0 |
Animal health epidemic intelligence report - Asia and the Pacific - Q3 2026
Incoporating official WAHIS data and active search intelligence
Period covered and objective
Quarterly 3 (Q3) 2026: 1/07/2026 – 30/09/2026
To drive early detection and preparedness across the Asia–Pacific region, this quarterly report provides an update on the animal disease landscape. It achieves this by integrating official data from WAHIS with non-official intelligence gathered through regional active search activities.
Summary of key points
Summary of WAHIS official data
Exceptional events (alert messages sent by WOAH Members): during Q3 2026, 19 exceptional animal disease events were reported. The majority were recurrences of a listed disease (12), with others related to first occurrences in a zone (5), or new strain in a zone (2).
Top reported diseases: a total of 740 outbreaks for 13 diseases were reported. HPAI (non-poultry) was the most frequent, with 414 outbreaks, followed by ASF (162) and LSD (78).
Reporting countries/territories: outbreaks were reported by 18 countries/territories. The most frequent reporters were: Australia (411 outbreaks), Philippines (101), and Korea (Rep. of) (85).
Summary of epidemic intelligence (active search) findings
News item (information collected through the EIOS system) analysis: during Q3 2026, 8,907 news items were reviewed. Of these, 168 were identified as relevant to WOAH-listed or emerging diseases.
Top news topics: a total of 15 diseases/categories were followed, and three diseases accounted for 72% of all relevant news items: HPAI (33%), ASF (31%) and FMD (8%).
News items by location: News items were detected in 20 countries/territories. The reporting was highly concentrated: three countries/territories accounted for 47% of all news, while the top five countries/territories made up 65% of the total.
Official reports from active search: following 11 communications sent to countries/territories. The communication was related to HPAI, ASF, LSD, FMD, Anthrax, White spot disease, Infectious hypodermal and haematopoietic necrosis, rabies. Two official reports were received as a direct result of these active search efforts (2 immediate notifications).
Official information Q3 2026
This section analyses the official information reported during Q2 2026, through the WAHIS system categorising reports by disease and affected country/territory.
The number and percentage of outbreaks reported in Asia-Pacific by disease in Q2 2026 is reported in the table below.
Outbreaks were reported through immediate notifications and follow-up reports by 18 countries/territories in the region. The ones for which reporting was most frequent were Australia, followed by Philippines, and Korea (Rep. of). Outbreaks distribution by disease is displayed in the map below
Active search activity Q3 2026
This section analyses the animal health situation in Asia-Pacific for Q3 2026, the trends in news items detections for diseases showing notable changes (increases or decreases). Finally, an analysis on the impact of the activity is provided. News items are presented based on data collected by the Epidemic Intelligence from Open Source EIOS system.
News items detected by diseases
The number of news items detected in Asia-Pacific by disease during Q3 2026 is reported in the table below.
| Reported outbreaks by disease and month | |||
| Disease | Jul | Aug | Sep |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anthrax | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| ASF | 12 | 21 | 19 |
| Brucellosis | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| FMD | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| HPAI | 20 | 18 | 18 |
| Jap enceph | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| Leishmaniosis | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| LSD | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| Newcastle disease | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Nipah | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Other non listed | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Rabies | 1 | 7 | 3 |
| Unusual mortality | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Varroosis | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| White spot | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| TOTAL | 39 | 64 | 65 |
General trend of news items detected
The graph below shows the dynamics in the number of detected relevant news articles, during Q3 2026 and compare them to previous quarterly (Q3 2026) period.
Trends by most detected disease
The trends for the diseases mostly recorded in the region are shown in the figure below.
You can click on disease name in the legend to select / deselect the disease(s)
Notes
This report is generated using R and Quarto. All plots and tables are reproducible.