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How vets in England and Wales can submit carcases to APHA for a post-mortem examination.
Where Great Britain will accept verifiable PDF GB health certificates from, to import live animals and animal products through TRACES or other systems.
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.
How to care for animals on farms and in transport in severe hot or cold weather, floods or drought.
Guidance on listed diseases of fish and shellfish and their status in England and Wales, including what happens if a disease is suspected or confirmed.
How to get authorised as an OV, maintain your authorisation and set up a new practice, and what to do if you will be tuberculin (TB) skin testing.
Find out what experience and references you need to support your application, and find the form for your referees to complete.
Code of recommendations and guidance for laying hens, meat chickens, ducks, turkeys and other birds bred on farms.
Complete declaration forms as part of an application for a bat or hazel dormouse mitigation licence.
The licence sets out where you can fish, what you are not allowed to fish and the limits for the stocks you are allowed to fish and land.
APHA detects and investigates new and re-emerging diseases in animals in England and Wales.
Information about Sevington BCP and the checks that take place there.
Standing advice for local planning authorities, developers and ecologists for assessing the impacts of wind farms on wild birds.
Guidance on medicines for food and non-food horses and record keeping requirements including the horse passport.
Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) contact details for private vets, Official Veterinarians, and others in an official capacity.
Reported problems with the supply of an animal medicine and the date when the issue is expected to be resolved.
How to report suspected illegal activity and how we will deal with these reports.
Requirement to analyse samples from food producing animals for residues of veterinary medicines and prohibited substances.
Register for a licence to displace water voles to allow work that could disturb them or damage their burrows and report your actions.
How to manage beaver activities on your land without a licence and when you need a licence.
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