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Register for licences to cage-trap and mark badgers (Meles meles) for vaccinating them against bovine tuberculosis (TB) to help prevent the spread of disease.
Guidance on Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome (PRRS) for pig keepers, importers and veterinarians from the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA).
Guidance for vets, importers and border control officials when importing certain processed animal by-products as educational tools to Great Britain.
Data limitations for the Surveillance Intelligence Unit (SIU) dashboards.
How sheep and goat ear tag manufacturers and suppliers get a welfare assessment of ear tags, and what’s required in the assessment.
Guidance for owners of domestic goats in England and Scotland on tuberculosis (TB), how and why TB is tested for, and what happens if it's detected in goats.
How to be approved as a compartment that meets Great Britain standards by protecting your poultry farm or hatchery against disease.
Apply for a licence to take and mark badgers to enable vaccination to prevent the spread of bovine tuberculosis (bovine TB) in cattle.
What cattle keepers in England and Wales must record and report when they export or move cattle, including ear tagging rules.
Guidance for vets on botulism from the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA).
Guidance for ear tag manufacturers and suppliers about sheep and goat EID technical standards.
Guidance for vets on swine influenza diagnosis from the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA).
Defra’s Secretary of State has permitted the use of this bluetongue serotype 3 (BTV-3) vaccine within the United Kingdom, subject to licence.
Guidance for vets on Sheep scab resistance from the APHA.
Mark which must be used to identify poultry meat from a protection zone.
Guidance for vets on porcine epidemic diarrhoea from the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA).
Guidance for vets from the APHA wildlife expert group.
Use this licence to move germinal product from designated premises within a bluetongue restricted zone to premises outside a bluetongue restricted zone.
Guidance on ill-thrift in adult farmed deer from the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA).
Guidance for pig keepers and vets on coal tar toxicity.
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