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Guidance on the Animal and Plant Health Agency laboratory testing services and prices for animal disease diagnosis.
Diseases and health problems in sheep and goats, including foot and mouth disease (FMD), scrapie and lead poisoning
Technical advice and guidance for licence holders.
How to submit an application, data package and responses for proposed or existing marketing authorisations.
You can claim relief to pay no duty or VAT when importing laboratory animals intended for scientific research.
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 other animal products to Great Britain, the Channel Islands or Isle of Man.
Guidance for prescribing vets on the use of the cascade.
Guidance for the pharmaceutical industry on how to apply for an authorisation to place a veterinary medicine on the UK market or part of, or to expire one.
Guidance for the pharmaceutical industry on how to apply to vary a veterinary Marketing Authorisation (MA) or Homeopathic Remedy.
How to obtain an authorisation to wholesale veterinary medicines.
Guidance on the main diseases that affect cattle, disease prevention and legal controls in place to protect cattle health.
How to comply with the exemption from the Veterinary Medicines Regulations that allow certain animal medicines to be sold without a marketing authorisation.
Clarification for the interpretation of the new elements within the Veterinary Medicines Regulations (VMRs), as amended, relating to combating antimicrobial resistance (AMR).
Create animal disease testing submissions for cows, sheep and other farm animals if you're a vet or veterinary worker, get your test results online
Reports published by the Animal and Plant Health Agency on the monitoring of diseases in livestock and poultry.
Bringing pets into Great Britain: pet passports, Great Britain pet health certificates, microchipping, rabies vaccinations, travelling with assistance dogs.
Take your pet dog, cat or ferret abroad: getting a pet passport or export health certificate, microchip, vaccinations and tapeworm treatments.
The Pathway will push forward and support the gradual and continual improvement in farm animal health and welfare.
Farmers who keep cattle, sheep and pigs can get funding to pay for a vet to visit their farm and carry out a health and welfare review of their livestock.
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