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New registration requirements for bird keepers in Great Britain - all bird keepers must register their birds and update records annually.
How to manage the health and welfare of poultry during transport, at market and during slaughter.
Encouraging population increase as 54 nests recorded
How and when you must register as a bird keeper (including for any birds you keep as pets).
Biosecurity and hygiene standards to keep birds safe from bird flu (avian influenza).
Marketing standards for poultry meat producers, manufacturers, retailers and distributors.
How to prevent the introduction and spread of animal and bird disease by following good hygiene and biosecurity standards.
When and how to take samples for the salmonella national control programme (NCP) if you’re an egg producer, and what happens if a laying flock tests positive.
How to market eggs, including rules on registration, egg marking, salmonella control and egg marketing inspections in England and Wales.
If you’re responsible for a farm animal you must make sure that you care for it properly.
When and how to take samples from breeding chickens for the salmonella national control programme (NCP), and what happens if a flock tests positive.
Manage your birds’ housing and welfare when they must be kept inside because of disease outbreaks.
Code of recommendations and guidance for laying hens, meat chickens, ducks, turkeys and other birds bred on farms.
Advice and guidance on protecting animal welfare.
Register to keep up to 49 birds, including any you’re keeping as pets.
What you must do to avoid harming birds and when you’ll need a licence.
Competent authorities of exporting countries should use the relevant model health certificate as a template to create a version exporters can apply for to export live poultry to Great Britain, the Channel Islands or Isle of Man.
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