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Find out what documents you need, and records you must keep, to meet animal welfare in transport requirements.
Use this service to tell the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) about a change to your kept bird record or to confirm your details every 12 months.
Understand which licence you need to bring together captive birds, and the rules you must follow to prevent the spread of bird flu.
How to report sheep and goat movements to the Livestock Information Service.
Guidance on the Animal and Plant Health Agency laboratory testing services and prices for animal disease diagnosis.
Details of approved and registered animal by-product (ABP) operating plants in Great Britain and the Channel Islands.
How to safely and legally dispose of dead farm animals and horses.
How to import animals and animal products to Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales), the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man from non-EU countries.
What you must do when you keep livestock or manage land.
Import risk categories under the Border Target Operating Model (BTOM) for animals or animal products you’re importing from a non-EU country to Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales), the import rules and inspection rate…
Find an approved UK border control post (BCP) to check the animals, animal products or high-risk food and feed of non-animal origin (HRFNAO) in your consignment.
Check if you need a licence or phytosanitary certificate to export or move plants and plant products.
How to get a flock or herd mark for livestock (including those kept as pets) and keep your registered details up to date.
How to manage racing pigeons, birds of prey and other captive birds during a bird flu (avian influenza) outbreak.
Changes to import controls for animals and products of animal origin.
How growers and traders can get authorised as a professional operator to issue plant passports and when you need to be authorised.
How to import plants, fruit, vegetables, cut flowers, trees, seeds and used agricultural machinery from non-EU countries to Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales).
What you must do to protect the welfare of animals during transport.
How to dispose of dead wild birds or ask for them to be removed.
Find out when you must use a Defra-approved disinfectant, which product to use, and in what concentration.
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