Vets: contact APHA to get expert advice on unusual animal disease
Vets can contact APHA to get expert advice about unusual animal disease or mortality in England and Wales.
Veterinary surgeons can contact the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) to get advice about unusual animal disease or mortality in England and Wales.
You must report notifiable diseases in animals to APHA, even if you only suspect that an animal is affected.
If you’re a member of the public you can:
- report dead wild birds to APHA using the online service
- report a dead or injured animal
Vets should contact their nearest APHA Veterinary Investigation Centre for all general enquiries about disease, diagnostic testing, carcass submission or surveillance of livestock and wildlife.
Livestock
Contact the Species Expert Group (SEG) veterinary lead to discuss new, unusual, severe, or unresponsive disease in livestock or exotic animals.
| Species Expert Group | Veterinary lead and email address | |
|---|---|---|
| Avian | Zoe Treharne zoe.treharne@apha.gov.uk |
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| Cattle | Vanessa Swinson vanessa.swinson@apha.gov.uk |
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| Miscellaneous and exotic species |
Hayley Wighton hayley.wighton@apha.gov.uk |
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| Pig | Claire Scott claire.scott@apha.gov.uk |
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| Sheep and goats | Rudolf Reichel rudolf.reichel@apha.gov.uk |
Small animals (pets)
Contact the Small Animals Expert Group veterinary lead for queries relating to small animals.
Elizabeth Bruno-McClung
Email: elizabeth.bruno-mcclung@apha.gov.uk
Wildlife
Contact the Wildlife Expert Group joint leads to discuss mass mortality (2 or more dead animals in the same location) or unusual deaths in wildlife.
Samantha Holland and Jenny Cantlay
Email: wildlifediseases@apha.gov.uk
Horses
Contact Equine Infectious Disease Surveillance (EIDS) at Cambridge Vet School, University of Cambridge:
- for free outbreak advice for suspected or confirmed infectious disease occurrences in the UK
- to discuss all aspects of outbreak management, from diagnostic sampling and control measures to clearance testing and prevention of future outbreaks
Email: equinesurveillance@gmail.com
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