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Scanning surveillance reports
Scanning surveillance reports are published to inform governments, the veterinary profession and livestock farming industries of new or re-emerging threats to animal health or changing trends among existing ones. They are compiled by APHA’s Surveillance Intelligence Unit and published on GOV.UK.
APHA disease surveillance reports collection
- Monthly reports
- Avian
- Cattle
- Exotic and farmed species
- Pig
- Non-statutory zoonoses
- Small ruminants
- Wildlife
Veterinary Investigation Diagnosis Analysis (VIDA)
Annual report on data recorded by APHA and Scotland's Rural College on animal and bird diagnostic submissions in Great Britain.
- VIDA (Link to GOV.UK)
Chemical food safety
Summary of investigations into chemical incidents on farms to ensure the health and welfare of livestock, and food safety, is protected.
APHA chemical food safety reports (livestock) (Link to GOV.UK)
Conference reports
- Surveillance in Extensively Managed Livestock Conference - November 2016
Disease information reports
General
- Bedding shortage information note - January 2018, revised February 2018
- Thelazia callipaeda information note - March 2018
Avian
- Avian botulism in UK wild waterbirds - July 2017
- Backyard poultry in GB: general guidance - September 2014
- Backyard poultry in GB: common diseases - September 2014
- Gamebird keeping in GB: general guidance - September 2014
- Gamebirds in GB: common diseases - September 2014
Cattle
- Winter 2017: potential forage shortages in Scotland, Northern Ireland and North Western England - December 2017
- Bovine besnoitiosis - July 2015
- Mycoplasma bovis information note produced by Cattle Health and Welfare Group (CHAWG) - December 2014
- BVD outbreaks in Germany and Netherlands - August 2014
Domestic animals
- Babesia canis - April 2016
Pig
- Bracken poisoning in pigs - February 2018
- Winter 2017: potential forage shortages in Scotland, Northern Ireland and North Western England - December 2017
- Surveillance for non-statutory pig pathogens in culled wild boar - September 2017
- Coal tar toxicity - August 2016
- Common disease conditions diagnosed in smallholder and pet pigs - May 2016
- Emerging pig disease associated with Seneca Valley virus in the Americas - April 2016
- Klebsiella pneumoniae - March 2016
- Porcine epidemic diarrhoea virus - December 2015
- Swine influenza diagnosis: Defra-funded surveillance at APHA - October 2015
- Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus - May 2014
Reindeer
- Health and welfare of reindeer - October 2014
Small ruminant
- Sheep Scab information note - January 2018, revised February 2018
- Winter 2017: potential forage shortages in Scotland, Northern Ireland and North Western England - December 2017
Archived disease information
- Archived AHVLA web pages on disease information (Link to National Archives)
- Archived AHVLA veterinary information notes (Link to National Archives)