Exotic Notifiable Disease Report Case Reason for Submission Vocabulary from UK APHA

United Kingdom Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) provides a controlled vocabulary for reasons why samples were submitted for exotic notifiable disease investigations. The codelist includes categories such as Active Surveillance, Testing to Exclude, and Pre-Export controls. This dataset supports the standardization of reporting for animal diseases not currently present in the UK.

Use Cases

• Classify surveillance program types based on the 'Active Surveillance' and 'Testing to Exclude' categories.
• Analyze import/export control compliance based on 'Pre Export' and 'Post Import' submission reasons.
• Standardize reporting logs for exotic animal disease investigations using the defined codelist.

Strengths

• Provides a formal codelist for a specific regulatory reporting process.
• Includes detailed definitions for submission reasons like 'Testing to Exclude' with an official reference link.
• Originates from the authoritative UK Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA).

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA), United Kingdom.

Collection Method

Likely compiled for internal standardization of laboratory and investigation reporting.

Time Range

Attribution statement references Crown Copyright 2016.

Freshness

Last updated date is unknown.

Geography

United Kingdom.