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How sheep and goat ear tag manufacturers and suppliers get a welfare assessment of ear tags, and what’s required in the assessment.
How cattle ear tag manufacturers and suppliers get a welfare assessment of ear tags, and what’s required in the assessment.
The farm assurance schemes that meet the requirement for annual vet visits so you can export or move animals and animal products to the EU and Northern Ireland.
Clarifications on technical information about the import requirements for live animals and germplasm, for use by vets, importers and border officials.
Guidance for pig keepers and vets on coal tar toxicity.
Guidance for pig keepers and vets from the APHA pig expert group.
Guidance for vets on tick numbers and tick-borne diseases from the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA).
How to keep farmed goats, and your responsibilities for their health, housing and feed.
This allows you to move cattle from non-exempt agricultural shows in the low risk or annual surveillance testing parts of the edge area of England without post-movement TB testing.
General authorisation for Official Veterinarians and Approved Tuberculin Testers to carry out pre- and post-movement testing of cattle to control the spread of bovine TB.
Guidance for vets, importers and border control officials when importing fish oil that is not for human consumption to Great Britain.
Fees to have your consignment checked at a border control post by the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA).
How to apply for a licence to hold a market in England and Wales to sell TB restricted cattle for slaughter, and the procedures to follow when a market is held.
Guidance on skin scald for veterinarians from the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA).
What you need to do as a farming business to trade with the EU.
Guidance for vets, importers and border control officials when importing bones, horns and hooves to Great Britain.
You should use this licence to move poultry meat from poultry originating in a protection zone.
How Defra processes your personal data when recording Bluetongue virus (BTV) vaccinations
Poster for vets about the risks of African swine fever.
Guidance for vets, importers and border control officials when importing apiculture products or by-products to Great Britain.
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