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Abattoirs that slaughter over 500 clean pigs per week must be registered and follow the rules on grading carcases.
Preliminary outbreak assessment and updated situation assessment for African swine fever in the Americas.
What to include in a holding register, including how to record pig movements and taking an annual inventory.
How to spot swine influenza in pigs and humans, and what to do to prevent it and control its spread.
How to apply for an environmental permit if you rear pigs and poultry intensively, including how to comply with and change the permit.
How to spot Aujeszky’s disease, what to do if you suspect it and measures to prevent its spread.
Updated outbreak assessment for African swine fever in wild boar and domestic pigs in Eastern Europe, Belgium and Sweden.
The government’s response to the recommendations of the independent review on the structure of the pig industry in Great Britain.
Slaughterhouses in Great Britain with a high throughput of pig carcases must send weekly pricing data to the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB).
How to spot classical swine fever, what to do if you suspect it, and measures to prevent its spread.
Quarterly reports about new and emerging diseases in pigs.
Pigs can carry and shed non-typhoidal Salmonella (NTS) asymptomatically, representing a significant reservoir for these pathogens
Preliminary outbreak assessment and updated situation assessments for classical swine fever in Japan.
Licences and authorisations to import genetic material, research and diagnostic samples, trade samples and display items, and some live animals and animal products.
How to join the Pig Carcase Grading Scheme, administered by the Rural Payments Agency (RPA).
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 pig bristles to Great Britain, the Channel Islands or Isle of Man.
Use these forms and guidance document to export pigs to breed or for production to Northern Ireland.
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