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Services

  1. Application to become a member of PAW

    You can apply to be a member of PAW by completing this form.

  2. Application for a greyhound racetrack welfare licence

    This form must be completed by any greyhound racing track operator in England whose track is not regulated by the Greyhound Board of Great Britain.

  3. Avian wildlife: casualty veterinary examination certificate

    Form to complete a veterinary examination certificate for a wild bird which may be unfit to be released into the wild.

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Guidance and regulation

  1. Exporting animals and animal products in a no-deal Brexit
    • Detailed guide
    • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and Animal and Plant Health Agency
  2. Animal activities licensing: guidance for local authorities
    • Statutory guidance
    • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
  3. Importing live animals or animal products from non-EU countries
    • Detailed guide
    • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and Animal and Plant Health Agency
  4. Find a professional to certify export health certificates
    • Guidance
    • Animal and Plant Health Agency
  5. Get an export health certificate
    • Detailed guide
    • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, Animal and Plant Health Agency, and Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (Northern Ireland)
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News and communications

News story

Change to the VMD email address: Now live

Veterinary Medicines Directorate

  1. Suspension of Veterinary Medicines containing the excipient Diethanolamine (DEA): Update 30 July
    • Veterinary Medicines Directorate
    • News story
  2. Membership of the Veterinary Products Committee
    • Veterinary Medicines Directorate
    • News story
  3. Removal of the active substance Fenbendazole for use in pigeons from Schedule 6
    • Veterinary Medicines Directorate
    • News story
  4. Joint VMD, VPC and Pharmaceutical Industry Information Event 2019
    • Veterinary Medicines Directorate
    • News story
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Research and statistics

  1. African swine fever in pigs and wild boars in Europe
    • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and Animal and Plant Health Agency
    • Research
  2. African swine fever in pigs in China
    • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and Animal and Plant Health Agency
    • Research
  3. Statistics of scientific procedures on living animals, Great Britain: 2018
    • Home Office
    • National statistics
  4. VMD Published Standards 2019 to 2020: Monitoring performance
    • Veterinary Medicines Directorate
    • Official statistics
  5. Classical swine fever in pigs in Japan
    • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and Animal and Plant Health Agency
    • Research
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Policy papers and consultations

  1. Draft Animal Welfare (Sentencing and Recognition of Sentience) Bill 2017
    • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
    • Consultation outcome
    • Date closed 31 January 2018
  2. Live exports and improving animal welfare during transport: call for evidence
    • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
    • Consultation outcome
    • Date closed 22 May 2018
  3. Discussion: reviewing import controls on live animals and products of animal origin
    • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
    • Consultation outcome
    • Date closed 20 November 2015
  4. Animal welfare: updating the code of practice for the welfare of meat chickens
    • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
    • Consultation outcome
    • Date closed 06 October 2017
  5. Draft Animal Welfare (Sentencing and Recognition of Sentience) Bill 2017
    • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
    • Policy paper
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Transparency and freedom of information releases

  1. Dangerous Dogs Act 1991
    • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
    • Foi release
  2. Fish Health Inspectorate: Reports 2018
    • Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science
    • Transparency
  3. Animal welfare in slaughterhouses
    • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
    • Foi release
  4. VMD FOI requests received between 1 July to 31 December 2018
    • Veterinary Medicines Directorate
    • Foi release
  5. AHWBE: register of interests
    • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
    • Transparency
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