Veterinary surgeons can contact the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) to get advice about unusual animal disease or mortality in England and Wales.

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.ukAEG@apha.gov.uk
Cattle	Vanessa Swinson vanessa.swinson@apha.gov.ukCEG@apha.gov.uk
Miscellaneous and exotic farmed species	Hayley Wighton hayley.wighton@apha.gov.ukMEG@apha.gov.uk
Pig	Claire Scott claire.scott@apha.gov.ukPigExpertGroup@apha.gov.uk
Sheep and goats	Rudolf Reichel rudolf.reichel@apha.gov.ukSREG@apha.gov.uk

Small animals (pets)

Contact the Small Animals Expert Group veterinary lead for queries relating to small animals.

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.

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

SEGs high level objectives

Read more about the SEGs high level objectives in the SEG terms of reference (PDF, 289 KB, 5 pages).