Don’t use this kind for export assessments
Use the new export kind for any submissions for export well being certificates.
Vets can use this kind to submit samples to the Animal and Plant Well being Company (APHA) for industrial testing by APHA Scientific.
This consists of samples from animals:
- that aren’t livestock in England and Wales, for instance companion animals
- exterior England and Wales on the time of sampling
For additional data, see the APHA Scientific web site.
You should utilize the identical kind for a number of forms of assessments.
Charges, take a look at codes and turnaround instances
Search the APHA Scientific value listing for charges, take a look at codes and detailed take a look at data.
Submitting samples
Full the shape in full. Your outcomes could also be delayed if you don’t present all of the required data.
Ship this kind and the samples to:
Pattern Reception
APHA Weybridge
Woodham Lane
New Haw
Addlestone
Surrey
KT15 3NB
You should comply with the principles for packaging and sending pathological materials.
Quick observe service
You possibly can choose the APHA quick observe service on the shape.
With the APHA quick observe service:
- your pattern testing is prioritised
- samples are examined as quickly as doable, both on the day of their arrival or the day after, relying on supply time and take a look at protocol
- outcomes are despatched the identical day because the take a look at is full
This service prices £75.30 for each pattern in every take a look at.
Some assessments can’t be quick tracked. If that is so you’ll be contacted and never charged.
Find out how to pay
You enter right into a contract with APHA when the Veterinary Investigation Centre receives your pattern and submission kind.
You may be despatched an bill with directions on easy methods to arrange an account to make fee. You should pay inside 28 days of the date of bill. APHA reserves the fitting to withhold companies for accounts in arrears.
See our basic phrases and circumstances that apply to testing the place no particular contract is signed.
Receiving your take a look at outcomes
Examine the APHA Scientific value listing for the utmost processing time for every take a look at.
Take a look at outcomes are returned as quickly as doable. In case you want the findings urgently, you must embrace this on the shape.
Experiences are despatched by e-mail. You should pay an additional price if you happen to want the report back to be despatched by publish or courier. You may also request that the report is distributed to others.
Affirm a take a look at report’s validity
You possibly can contact APHA Weybridge to examine {that a} earlier take a look at report was issued by APHA. You have to to supply a scan or photograph of the report.
In case you want an accessible model of this kind e-mail siu@apha.gov.uk.
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