Animal and Plant Health Agency

Confirmed cases of wild birds with highly pathogenic avian influenza (bird flu) in Great Britain.

This UK VARSS report provides the details of UK veterinary antibiotic resistance and sales surveillance.

A list of organisations in England, Scotland and Wales that inspect and certify animals and animal products for export. The list does not include every certifier.

Statistics on the surveillance of scrapie in sheep and goats in the United Kingdom.

Changes to import controls for animals and products of animal origin.

Check the transport companies and routes you can use to bring your pet cat, dog or ferret to England, Scotland or Wales.

Clarifications on technical information about the import requirements for live animals and germplasm, for use by vets, importers and border officials.

Quarterly report about new and emerging diseases in exotic and farmed species such as alpacas, llama and farmed deer.

Institutes, centres and premises in Great Britain approved to move animals, semen and embryos covered by the Balai Directive.

Details of seed testing stations licensed by APHA.

Statistics on the active disease surveillance of transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs) and the Compulsory Scrapie Flock Scheme.

Details of poultry establishments that are approved members of the Poultry Health Scheme (PHS).

Check the air, sea and rail carriers registered with the Animal and Plant Health Agency to transport assistance dogs with their owners.

Updated outbreak assessment for African swine fever in wild boar and domestic pigs in Europe.

Details of premises in Great Britain approved to operate as cattle, sheep, pig and horse semen collection and storage centres.

A list of places where you can bring consignments of plants, seeds and produce into the UK, including ports and airports.

Information on practices and procedures covered under the Plant Varieties Act 1997, the Plant Breeders’ Rights Regulations 1998 and the Seeds Regulations 2001.

Details of seed companies licensed by APHA in England and Wales.

Fees for testing animals for disease for export purposes, importing captive birds and Animal Breeding Control (ABC).

Statistics on the active and passive surveillance of transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs) in sheep in Great Britain.

This policy outlines the Animal and Plant Health Agency's (APHA) commitment to quality.

This statement explains how accessible the export health certificates online service is.

Quarterly reports about new and emerging diseases in sheep and goats.

Preliminary outbreak assessments for Newcastle disease in Europe.

Quarterly reports about new and emerging diseases in pigs.

Approved laboratories for testing of salmonella in poultry, broilers and turkeys under the Salmonella National Control Programmes.

Vaccination policy, guidance and authorisation requests for avian influenza vaccination in zoo birds.

Poultry valuation tables outline the value of poultry in Great Britain.

Guidance on internal parasites in camelids and the subsidised testing that APHA are offering.

Guidance for exporters in England, Scotland and Wales on applying for an export health certificate.

Details of approved and registered animal by-product (ABP) operating plants in Great Britain and the Channel Islands.

How the Animal and Plant Health Agency and other enforcement bodies can use enforcement and sanctioning powers to secure compliance with illegal ivory dealing.

Preliminary and updated outbreak assessments for avian influenza (bird flu) in Europe, Russia and the UK.

Quarterly reports about new and emerging diseases in cattle.

Guidance for vets, importers and border control officials when importing live birds, poultry or poultry products to Great Britain.

Surveillance reports about new and emerging diseases in poultry.

Statistics on the surveillance of transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs) in cattle in the United Kingdom.

Statistics on the active and passive surveillance of transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSE) in goats in Great Britain.

Quarterly statistics on tuberculosis (TB) in cattle in Great Britain.

Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) monthly focus articles published in the Veterinary Record.

Quarterly and annual reports about the disease surveillance of non-statutory zoonoses and infections shared between humans and animals.

Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) monthly reports on monitoring of disease in livestock and poultry.

How to apply for a licence to hold a market in England and Wales to sell TB restricted cattle for slaughter, and the procedures to follow when a market is held.

Preliminary and updated outbreak assessments for peste des petits ruminants in Europe.

Find out how the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) handles your personal data.

Poultry keepers who enter into a Poultry Biosecurity Review (PBR) agreement must follow the PBR agreement terms and conditions.

Use this licence to move animals from within a bluetongue restricted zone to a designated slaughterhouse in Scotland.

Details of premises in Great Britain approved to operate as cattle, sheep, pig and horse embryo collection and production teams.

This table of key dates shows the dates for when an avian influenza control zone is declared around a premises.

Notifications issued by APHA’s small animal risks and threats (SmART) comms system.

Collection thresholds for dead wild birds with suspected bird flu (avian influenza).

This One Health vector-borne disease (VBD) surveillance report integrates data from vector, animal and human surveillance for 2025 in England

Guidance for vets on toxigenic Corynebacterium ulcerans animal index cases.

Results from tuberculosis (TB) surveillance in hotspots of TB in the Low Risk Area of England.

How sea, rail and air transport companies check that dogs, cats and ferrets travelling to Great Britain are following the pet travel requirements.

Use this licence to move live animals from a bluetongue restricted zone to a final destination in Scotland.

Outlining plans for a world leading science centre at Weybridge, to protect people and animals from disease outbreaks.

Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) annual report and accounts for the financial year April 2024 to March 2025.

Find an approved UK border control post (BCP) to check the animals, animal products or high-risk food and feed of non-animal origin (HRFNAO) in your consignment.

Analysis of the results of bovine tuberculosis epidemiology and surveillance in England and Great Britain in 2024.

Expenditure incurred and prosecutions taken under the Animal Health Act 1981 and incidences of disease in imported animals in 2025.

Alerts issued by APHA’s endemic and emerging disease alert system (EEDAS) for vets working with livestock.

How to apply for approval to operate a bovine TB isolation unit for cattle in England and Wales, and the conditions to follow.

Confirmed findings of influenza of avian origin in non-avian wild mammals.

Guidance for vets, importers and border control officials when importing animal products that are being returned to Great Britain.

Sets out the government's approach to calculating routine herd testing frequency in England.

Guidance for vets on swine influenza diagnosis from the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA).

This report provides statistics relating to the Animal and Plant Health Agency’s use of living animals in scientific procedures.

Information for veterinarians about Seneca Valley virus (SVV), also known as Senecavirus A.

Investigations carried out to describe and explain cases of avian influenza (bird flu).

Regulatory approach and use of civil sanctions for plant health non-compliance by the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) in England and Wales.

Analysis of the results of bovine tuberculosis epidemiology and surveillance in England and Great Britain in 2023.

Analysis of the results of bovine tuberculosis epidemiology and surveillance in England and Great Britain in 2022.

List of approved laboratories for testing under the Poultry Health Scheme.

A qualitative assessment of the risk of peste des petits ruminants virus (PPRV) entering Great Britain from EU and EFTA member states, and of it then spreading.

Details of the consent for Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) and the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) to release a genetically modified organism, reference 25/R58/01.

Clarifications on the certification of animal products for imports of medium risk animal products, for use by vets, importers and border officials.

The framework used to ensure egg marketing inspectors (EMIs) meet required standards for professionalism, consistency and compliance with regulations.

Guidance for egg packers on grading eggs as Class A or Class B in Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

Population density maps by the Livestock Demographic Data Group at the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA).

Details of premises approved to operate as quarantine facilities or centres for imported birds other than poultry.

Guidance for veterinarians investigating porcine abortions, stillbirths and mummified piglets and submitting samples to APHA.

Statistics on the active and passive surveillance of transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs) in exotic species and domestic cats in Great Britain.

Qualitative risk assessment for the risk of introducing African swine fever (ASF) to the UK pig population from European Member States via human-mediated routes.

Preliminary and updated outbreak assessments for sheep and goat pox in Europe since September 2022.

A qualitative risk assessment on the likelihood of sheep pox and goat pox virus incursion into Great Britain from EU and EFTA member states.

This contingency plan describes how the government will manage an outbreak or incident of exotic notifiable disease of animals in England.

Use this licence to move germinal product from designated premises within a bluetongue restricted zone to premises outside a bluetongue restricted zone.

Use this licence to move germinal product from a bluetongue restricted zone to Scotland.

Use this licence to move live animals from a specified sale within the bluetongue restricted zone in England, to a destination premises in Scotland.

Use this licence to move live animals out of one bluetongue restricted zone into another bluetongue restricted zone.

Descriptive reports on the epidemiology of bovine tuberculosis in the Low Risk Area (LRA) and Edge Area of England.

Reports summarising the activities of the UK National Reference Laboratory (NRL) for Trichinella and Echinococcus.

Reports of salmonella in livestock, dogs, birds and wildlife in Great Britain.

Descriptive reports on the epidemiology of bovine tuberculosis in the Low Risk Area (LRA) and Edge Area of England.

Annual TB monitoring data for each badger control area licensed from 2013 up to and including 2023.

We undertake research and surveillance activities on a range of bacterial, viral and parasitic diseases affecting plants and animals, including wildlife.

These weekly reports describe the risk of entry of bluetongue virus (BTV)- or epizootic haemorrhagic disease virus (EHDV)-infected midges into Great Britain.

An overview of the International Disease Monitoring Plus (IDM+) tool, which assesses the likelihood of disease entry from commercial imports into Great Britain.

Preliminary outbreak assessments, qualitative risk assessments and updated situation assessments for bluetongue virus in Europe.

Annual and historic quarterly reports published by the GB Wildlife Disease Surveillance Partnership on the monitoring of disease in wildlife.

A qualitative risk assessment on the likelihood of Brucella canis incursion into Great Britain from any country worldwide, and the potential for subsequent transmission among susceptible animal populations.

Population density maps by the Livestock Demographic Data Group at the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA).

A qualitative risk assessment on the likelihood of epizootic haemorrhagic disease virus (EHDV-8) incursion into Great Britain from the European Union, and the potential for subsequent transmission among susceptible animal populations.

A qualitative risk assessment on the likelihood of chronic wasting disease incursion into Great Britain from Scandinavia and North America, and the potential for subsequent transmission among susceptible animal populations.

Preliminary and updated outbreak assessments for lumpy skin disease in North Africa and East Asia.

An epidemiological report on a bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) case in Scotland in 2025.

Veterinary risk assessment on the risk of foot and mouth disease (FMD) virus spreading from the European Union to Great Britain.

Expenditure incurred and prosecutions taken under the Animal Health Act 1981 and incidences of disease in imported animals in 2024.

Confirmed findings of influenza of avian origin in captive mammals.

Preliminary and updated outbreak assessments for African swine fever in South East Asia.

Vaccination of birds against high pathogenicity avian influenza joint statement from the avian influenza vaccination taskforce.

Population density maps by the Livestock Demographic Data Group at the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA).

Preliminary and updated outbreak assessments for influenza A (H5N1) of avian origin in domestic livestock in the USA.

Animal and Plant Health Agency annual report and accounts for the financial year April 2023 to March 2024.

This document sets out Defra group’s equality objectives for 2024 to 2026.

Population density maps by the Livestock Demographic Data Group at the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA).

Mark which must be used to identify poultry meat from a protection zone.

You should use this licence if you need to remove the meat mark applied to certain poultry meat.

An epidemiological report on a bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) case in Scotland in 2024.

Seeking views on proposals to make it compulsory for bird keepers in Great Britain to register their birds.

Results from tuberculosis (TB) surveillance of badgers and other wildlife across all areas of England.

Annual TB monitoring data for each badger control area licensed from 2013 up to and including 2022.

Preliminary and updated outbreak assessments for West Nile virus found in Germany and Southern Europe.

Descriptive reports on the epidemiology of bovine tuberculosis in the low risk area (LRA) and edge area of England.

Outbreak assessments for epizootic haemorrhagic disease in Europe.

This paper sets out the training, qualification and appointments of Approved Tuberculin Testers (ATTs).

This paper sets out the training, qualification and appointments of Certification Support Officers (CSOs).

This paper sets out the training, qualification and appointments of Food Competent Certifying Officers (FCCOs).

This report evaluates the results of TB surveillance in cattle at routine (commercial) slaughter between 2019 and 2022.

Preliminary outbreak assessment for highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in poultry in Australia.

Use this general licence to move animals from anywhere in England to anywhere else in England.

Expenditure incurred and prosecutions taken under the Animal Health Act 1981 and incidences of disease in imported animals in 2023.

Veterinary risk assessment on the importation of ovine and caprine unpasteurised milk and dairy products from Spain to Great Britain during a sheep pox and goat pox outbreak.

Annual review of literature and horizon scanning on parasitology.

How the government monitors the spread and mitigates the impact of avian influenza in wild birds and wild mammals in Great Britain.

Annual TB monitoring data for each badger control area licensed from 2013 up to and including 2021.

Animal and Plant Health Agency annual report and accounts for the financial year April 2022 to March 2023.

Expenditure incurred and prosecutions taken under the Animal Health Act 1981 and incidences of disease in imported animals in 2022.

The Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) assesses the financial impacts on business of changes to its regulatory practices.

Review of the Animal and Plant Health Agency's science highlights.

Animal and Plant Health Agency annual report and accounts for the financial year April 2021 to March 2022.

Expenditure incurred and prosecutions taken under the Animal Health Act 1981 and incidences of disease in imported animals in 2021.

The Defra modern slavery statement outlines activities Defra has taken to combat modern slavery in its supply chain.

Defra and Welsh Government are seeking views on changing how we charge for statutory plant health services in England and Wales.