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How to apply for a licence to import, release or keep non-native animals.
Apply to run a microchip implantation course, apply for a microchip exemption for a dog or cat, or report an animal’s reaction to a microchip.
Find out how you can use manure, guano and digestive tract content, including how to store and move them.
Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) contact details for private vets, Official Veterinarians, and others in an official capacity.
How to apply for certification, the register of growers and fees for crop and tuber inspections under the Seed Potato Classification Scheme (SPCS).
Fees for testing animals for disease for export purposes, importing captive birds and Animal Breeding Control (ABC).
How to spot anthrax, what to do if you suspect it and measures to prevent its spread.
How to spot and report bee pests and diseases.
APHA detects and investigates new and re-emerging diseases in animals in England and Wales.
Find out about the process and costs to apply for Defra disinfectant approval.
Find out if your ivory item may qualify for the pre-1918 outstandingly high artistic, cultural or historical value exemption, how to apply and what to do if it is refused or revoked.
Technical information about the import requirements for live animals and germplasm, for use by vets, importers and border officials.
Where you can build a pet cemetery, the animals you can bury there, how it must be built and how to register.
How sea, rail and air transport companies check that dogs, cats and ferrets travelling to Great Britain are following the pet travel requirements.
Poultry valuation tables outline the value of poultry in Great Britain.
Find out what methods you can use to process ABPs, how to test your products for bacteria and how to permanently mark high risk material.
Find out what you can do to prevent tree pests and diseases from establishing and spreading.
The rules to follow when you are moving, freezing or storing germinal product (semen, ova or embryo) in the bluetongue restricted zone.
When and how to take samples for the salmonella national control programme (NCP) if you’re an egg producer, and what happens if a laying flock tests positive.
How to meet statutory bovine TB testing requirements when moving cattle in Great Britain (England, Wales and Scotland), and across their borders.
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