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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. 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.

  3. 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.

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Guidance and regulation

  1. Code of practice for the welfare of dogs
    • Guidance
    • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
  2. Welfare of animals during transport
    • Guidance
    • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
  3. Poultry: on-farm welfare
    • Guidance
    • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
  4. Slaughter poultry, livestock and rabbits for home consumption
    • Detailed guide
    • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
  5. Code of practice for the welfare of horses, ponies, donkeys and their hybrids
    • Guidance
    • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
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News and communications

News story

Animal medicines seizure notice: Mr Cassells, Mouswald, Dumfries

Veterinary Medicines Directorate

  1. Animal medicines improvement notice: Mallon Veterinary Practice
    • Veterinary Medicines Directorate
    • News story
  2. Animal medicines improvement notice: S Whitehead Farm Supplies Ltd
    • Veterinary Medicines Directorate
    • News story
  3. Outbreaks of Koi herpesvirus (KHV) disease in 2018
    • Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science
    • Press release
  4. Animal welfare boosted by new law coming into force
    • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
    • Press release
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Research and statistics

  1. Additional statistics on breeding and genotyping of animals for scientific procedures, Great Britain 2017
    • Home Office
    • Official statistics
  2. African swine fever in pigs in China
    • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and Animal and Plant Health Agency
    • Research
  3. Veterinary Antimicrobial Resistance and Sales Surveillance 2017
    • Veterinary Medicines Directorate
    • Research
  4. West nile virus in owls in Germany
    • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and Animal and Plant Health Agency
    • Research
  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. AHWBE: register of interests
    • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
    • Transparency
  2. Animal Health and Welfare Board for England (AHWBE) summary of board activities: 2015 to 2016
    • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
    • Corporate report
  3. Animal Health and Welfare Board for England (AHWBE) annual report: 2014 to 2015
    • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
    • Corporate report
  4. VPC Annual Report 2013
    • Veterinary Products Committee
    • Corporate report
  5. VPC Annual Report 2014
    • Veterinary Products Committee
    • Corporate report
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