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Guidance for vets, importers and border control officials when importing other live animals or genetic material to Great Britain.
Requirements for members of the poultry health scheme (PHS).
Check how to add identifiers and register your captive birds when exporting to the EU or Northern Ireland.
Tuberculosis (TB) testing in zoos, safari parks and other collections, the qualifications needed and when vets and Official Veterinarians must apply for permission from the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA).
Find out what you can do to keep your birds free of avian influenza by registering for one of Defra's webinars.
Guidance from the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) for the prevention and control of rodent infestations on poultry farms.
Guidance for vets, importers and border control officials when importing fats that are not for human consumption to Great Britain.
How commercial plant growers can grow FPCS-certified stock, and find out the benefits of using it in commercial plantations.
How vets can submit samples to APHA laboratory testing services and prices for these services.
The signs of swine vesicular disease, what to do if you suspect it in your animals and measures to prevent its spread.
Vets can contact APHA to get expert advice about unusual animal disease or mortality in England and Wales.
Guidance for vets, importers and border control officials when importing processed animal protein that is not for human consumption to Great Britain.
How to clean and disinfect after an animal disease outbreak and store and dispose of the washwater.
The rules to follow when you are moving, freezing or storing germinal product (semen, ova or embryo) in the bluetongue restricted zone.
How to spot swine influenza in pigs and humans, and what to do to prevent it and control its spread.
Find out what animal by-products (material with animal content) you can use in a small scale compost heap and if your heap needs approval.
You should use this licence to move poultry and other captive bird carcasses for disposal from premises in a protection zone or surveillance zone in England and Wales.
You should use this licence to move mammals from or to premises in a protection or surveillance zone where poultry or other captive birds are kept.
You should use this licence to move poultry by-products and hatching eggs for disposal from a protection or surveillance zone in England and Wales.
A collection of leaflets, videos and posters about bluetongue virus.
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