Vets: contact APHA
Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) contact details for private vets, Official Veterinarians, and others in an official capacity.
Reporting notifiable animal diseases
If you suspect a notifiable animal diseases or have animal welfare concerns, please notify APHA immediately - failure to do this is an offence.
- List of notifiable diseases
- Contact APHA
- Sign-up to receive notifiable disease alerts
- Sign up for APHA disease alerts for vets, including EEDAS and SmART comms
Reporting new or re-emerging animal diseases
If you have found something new, unusual, severe, or unresponsive in relation to animal diseases, contact:
- the relevant Species Expert Group veterinary lead
- your nearest Veterinary Investigation Centre for advice on further investigation
Read the guidance on animal disease scanning surveillance at APHA to find out about the national surveillance network.
Use the post-mortem examination and carcase collection postcode lookup to find your allocated centre and check if your postcode is eligible for free carcase collection.
Official Veterinarian (OV) contacts
See the Official Veterinarian guidance on Improve International for further information on who to contact about OV issues.
APHA OV Team
Email: CSCOneHealthOVTeam@apha.gov.uk
Telephone: 03000 200301
Official Veterinarian Team County Hall
Spetchley Road
Worcester
WR5 2NP
Improve International
Email: enquiries@improve-ov.com
Telephone: 0330 2020380
Website: https://www.improve-ov.com
OV Customer Services Manager
Improve International Ltd
Ground Floor
Delta 1200
Delta Business Park
Welton Road
Swindon
Wiltshire
SN5 7XZ
Central DNA Tagging Team
On return to the office/practice, OVs should package and despatch the sample capsules to the Central DNA Tagging Team, as detailed in the OV instructions.
Email: CSC.TBDNATagging@apha.gov.uk
Sam - Online TB test submissions
For queries about using Sam or the initial registration process please contact the Sam OV support desk:
Email: APHAServiceDesk@apha.gov.uk
Telephone: 03300 416999
The Helpdesk is open between 08:30am – 5pm Monday to Friday.