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听
- Contact APHA听
- 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听Species Expert Group veterinary lead
- your nearest听Veterinary Investigation Centre听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 听to find your allocated centre and check if your postcode is eligible for free carcase collection.
Official Veterinarian (OV) contacts
See the听Official Veterinarian guidance on for further information on who to contact about OV issues.
APHA OV Team
Email:听[email protected]
Telephone: 03000 200301
Official Veterinarian Team County Hall
Spetchley Road
Worcester
WR5 2NP
Improve International
Email:听[email protected]
Telephone: 0330 2020380
Website:听
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听the .
Email:听[email protected]
Sam - Online TB test submissions
For queries about using Sam or the initial registration process please contact the Sam OV support desk:
Email:听[email protected]
Telephone: 03300 416999
The Helpdesk is open between 08:30am 鈥� 5pm Monday to Friday.