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Guidance for vets on brucella canis from the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA).
Guidance for vets on canine brucellosis from the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA).
Check if you need a certificate to export animal feed or pet food, and other rules you must follow.
How to apply for a licence to import, release or keep non-native animals.
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 set up a compost or biogas site, UK and EU standards explained, and alternative treatment methods for animal by-products (ABPs).
Technical information about the import requirements for animal by-products (ABPs) or products not for human consumption, for use by vets, importers and border officials.
General licence for the movement of resolved inconclusive reactors from officially TB free cattle herds in England or Wales directly or indirectly to slaughter.
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.
Protocols and procedures for testing the value for cultivation or use (VCU) of agricultural crops.
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.
Add your business to the Animal and Plant Health Agency list of authorised distance plant sellers.
Find out what milk you can use in farm animal feed, and how to process it for general sale or register to supply it to farms unprocessed.
Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) contact details for private vets, Official Veterinarians, and others in an official capacity.
Clarifications on the certification of animal products for imports of medium risk animal products, for use by vets, importers and border officials.
Guidance for vets, importers and border control officials when importing live or genetic material of dogs, cats or ferrets to Great Britain.
How to get and maintain an ATT qualification, and what to do if you want to end your authorisation.
Find out how you can use manure, guano and digestive tract content, including how to store and move them.
What happens when Rural Payments Agency field officers visit your holding, including checks on tagging, holding registers and movement records.
Resources for reducing the risk of infection from handling raw pet foods.
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