This document provides a scoring system to assess the disease knowledge and impact of various diseases. It covers 10 criteria to score disease knowledge out of 10 points, including factors like speed of spread, number of livestock species involved, and understanding of the disease's immunology. It also scores impact on animal health and welfare, public health, wider society, and trade out of varying total points. The highest factors relate to production impact, duration of animal welfare impact, and proportion of animals affected. It finally scores control tools like diagnostics, vaccines, and pharmaceuticals out of 16.6 total points.