Guidance

Alerts for vets: emerging and endemic disease alert system (EEDAS)

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

• From: Animal and Plant Health Agency
• Published: 28 November 2025
• Last updated: 21 September 2026
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  1. 21 September 2026

     Added alert from 4 September 2026: Novel Shamonda-like virus Identified in livestock and horses in Western Europe, and 16 September 2026: Novel disease syndrome in pigs in Europe.

  2. 1 September 2026

     Added alert from 4 August 2026: Bovine lungworm cases diagnosed despite dry weather conditions.

  3. 25 August 2026

     Updated Worm risk increases after rainfall HTML

  4. 19 August 2026

     Added the alert: Babesiosis in cattle.

  5. 30 April 2026

     Added the 29 April 2026 alert: Hypomagnesaemia in cattle and sheep.

  6. 27 March 2026

     Added the alert: Coccidiosis in lambs.

  7. 14 January 2026

     Added the alert: Mannheimia pleuropneumonia outbreaks in adult dairy cattle.

  8. 28 November 2025

     First published.

Applies to England, Scotland and Wales

Documents

16 September 2026: Novel disease syndrome in pigs in Europe

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4 September 2026: Novel Shamonda-like virus Identified in livestock and horses in Western Europe

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4 August 2026: Bovine lungworm cases diagnosed despite dry weather conditions

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31 July 2026: Worm risk increases after rainfall

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23 June 2026: Babesiosis in cattle

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29 April 2026: Hypomagnesaemia in cattle and sheep

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26 March 2026: Coccidiosis in lambs

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13 January 2026: Mannheimia pleuropneumonia outbreaks in adult dairy cattle

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30 October 2025: Schmallenberg virus (SBV) surveillance

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30 September 2025: Acorn poisoning

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19 September 2025: Mixed gastrointestinal nematode infections

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8 September 2025: Increased risk of perennial ryegrass staggers this autumn

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4 September 2025: Increased number of haemonchosis cases diagnosed in sheep

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15 July 2025: Potential increased disease risks related to the hot and dry weather

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23 May 2025: Increasing tick borne disease reports in cattle and sheep

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Details

The emerging and endemic disease alert system (EEDAS) is for veterinary professionals working with livestock. Alerts notify of disease risk or important information.

Vets can sign up to receive these alerts by email or text.

They are published by the APHA species expert groups and are independent of the notifiable disease alerts.