Submit farm animals for a post-mortem examination
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How vets in England and Wales can submit carcases to APHA for a post-mortem examination.
Adapted edition
- Document type
- Reference Guide
- Format
- DOCX
- Pages
- 4
- Language
- English
- Version
- 1.0
- Updated
- 2026-09-17
- Category
- Safety & operations
- Licence
- Open Government Licence v3.0
Description
How vets in England and Wales can submit carcases to APHA for a post-mortem examination. Consult the original guidance for current legal and operational details.
Contents
- Contact the surveillance pathology centre for your area
- Submitting a carcase
- Check if you can get free carcase collection
- Acceptance criteria for carcases
- Submitting live animals
- Submission forms
- Fees and test codes
- Making a payment
- Receiving the results
- Get expert advice
- How APHA uses data for disease surveillance
Source and licence
Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
AttributionDepartment for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, ‘Submit farm animals for a post-mortem examination’ (updated 28 October 2024), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
ChangesNeutral text-only adaptation from the official GOV.UK Content API body: headings, paragraphs, ordered and unordered list items and clickable source-link destinations in an appendix preserved. Images, logos, page design, accessible-format request widgets and linked attachments excluded; normalised whitespace, invisible format marks and typography.
Version history
- v1.017/09/2026