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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.
Annual statistics relating to scientific procedures performed on living animals in accordance with the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986.
Form to apply for approval to operate a handling or storage plant for animal by-products.
Guidance by the Fish Health Inspectorate and Environment Agency: run a fish or shellfish farm, move live fish or shellfish or hold non-native species.
Check the veterinary product information database to find out if a medicine is safe to use on your pet or has been removed from sale
How to report suspected illegal activity and how we will deal with these reports.
Form for approval to process animal by-products (ABPs) at your processing facility.
News and consultations from the Fish Health Inspectorate about disease outbreaks and policy changes which affect the aquaculture industry
How to minimise the risk of disease from animal wool and hair, register your site, and dispose of materials you don't want.
Template for animal health checks on farms to prove that animals used to make food, drink and agricultural products had annual health visits from a vet.
If you’re responsible for a farm animal you must make sure that you care for it properly.
Guidance and legislation covering pet welfare and animal cruelty.
Approval form for a hub site to pasteurise animal by-products or catering waste, as part of a hub and pod compost or biogas facility.
Statistics from on-farm welfare inspections in Great Britain.
Prescribing or supplying veterinary medicines including requirements for registration and inspection of premises.
For manufacturers and distributors of intermediate and final feedingstuffs containing a medicinal premix or specified feed additives.
Information for farmers about inspections carried out when there have been complaints about the welfare of livestock on farms.
The carnivores you can feed, when your site must be registered, authorised, or recognised, and the animal by-products you can use.
This enforcement policy sets out the general principles and approach taken by the VMD.
Know which licence or certificate you must have to restrain, stun or kill animals which are not for human consumption, and how to carry out these operations.
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