GovWire

Reports produced by the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA).

APHA routinely undertakes diagnostic testing of wild animals found dead under the diseases of wildlife scheme (DoWS). Where appropriate, wild mammals submitted to DoWS are tested for influenza of avian origin in collaboration with the APHA avian influenza national reference laboratory (NRL).

Report dead wildlife (excluding wild birds) in England and Wales

Please contact your nearest APHA veterinary investigation centre if you find:

• 2 or more dead wild animals in the same location
• wildlife with nervous disease
• unusual deaths in wildlife

Report dead wild birds in England, Scotland and Wales

Find out when and how to report dead wild birds.

Weekly reporting of dead wild birds

Read weekly reports of findings of bird flu in wild birds in Great Britain.