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Advice to give pregnant women on infections that can be transmitted via contact with animals that are or have recently given birth.
If you’re responsible for a farm animal you must make sure that you care for it properly.
ASC is an advisory non-departmental public body, sponsored by the Home Office .
What a movement is, who needs to report moves, and how to prepare to move sheep and goats.
Find out which birds and animals may be spared from culling during an outbreak of an exotic animal disease.
How to care for animals on farms and at market in severe hot or cold weather, floods or drought.
Report a dead or injured animal such as a badger, fox or domestic pet found on the road
Guidance and regulatory advice on how to apply for licences issued under ASPA and how your compliance with ASPA and your licence conditions will be assessed.
This series brings together all documents relating to Animals in science statistics
You need a licence to keep certain kinds of wild or dangerous animals: contact your council for more information
Find out what happens when you report a notifiable animal disease and how to get support.
How to safely and legally dispose of dead farm animals and horses.
The signs of foot and mouth disease, what to do if you suspect it in your animals and measures to prevent its spread.
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.
How to manage the burial of animal remains to prevent or limit groundwater pollution.
How to legally carry out slaughter without stunning in accordance with religious rites, including how to restrain and bleed the animal.
Rules on restraining methods, stunning pens, captive bolt, gas and electrical stunning equipment, bleeding animals and shackling and hoisting animals.
Rules for feeding, watering, prioritising, holding animals for slaughter, and the design and layout of a slaughterhouse.
What you need to do to export live animals from the UK.
How to manage tuberculosis (TB) in your non-bovine animals, when you can move them, and how to get compensation if you slaughter them.
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