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Who you should contact if a pet or other animal or human has an unexpected reaction to a veterinary medicine or a problem with a microchip
You can report an unexpected reaction to an animal medicine or microchip…
You can report when a medicine may not have worked, or could have made…
You can report suspected incidents with animal microchips including: a…
You can report a suspected reaction you or someone else has had to an…
Contact the Veterinary Medicines Directorate (VMD) Pharmacovigilance Team…
You need a licence to keep certain kinds of wild or dangerous animals: contact your council for more information
Report a dead or injured animal such as a badger, fox or domestic pet found on the road
Technical advice and guidance for licence holders.
Current issues relating to imports and exports of animals and animal products.
Find out what happens when you report a notifiable animal disease and how to get support.
What animal by-products (ABPs) are, how to set up a site that uses them safely, the paperwork you need, and how to dispose of them.
Rules to follow if you’re moving animals or animal products from one country to another and transiting through Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales), known as ‘landbridge’ movements.
Find out how to sell wild birds and animals legally and safely, and what licences you need to get.
How to care for animals on farms and at market in severe hot or cold weather, floods or drought.
This series brings together all documents relating to Animals in science statistics
Find out which birds and animals may be spared from culling during an outbreak of an exotic animal disease.
How to manage tuberculosis (TB) in your non-bovine animals, when you can move them, and how to get compensation if you slaughter them.
Import risk categories under the Border Target Operating Model for live animals, animal products, plants and plant products imported to Great Britain.
How to apply for a licence to import, release or keep non-native animals.
What you need to do if you find, own or look after a listed invasive non-native (alien) animal in England and Wales.
Licences and authorisations to import genetic material, research and diagnostic samples, trade samples and display items, and some live animals and animal products.
Find out which live animals and animal foods or feeding stuffs are zero-rated for VAT.
How to prevent the introduction and spread of animal and bird disease by following good hygiene and biosecurity standards.
Annual statistics relating to scientific procedures performed on living animals in accordance with the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986.
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