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This is the Hub for all the Veterinary Medicines Directorate's communications on current and future regulatory changes.
Current rules for exporting horses and other equines (including ponies and donkeys) from the UK.
This document provides advice on owning a dog.
What you must do to bring your pet to the UK from Ukraine if you are seeking refuge.
How to contact the VMD for specific services or enquiries.
Guidance for local authorities on licensing and enforcement responsibilities for privately kept primates.
If you’re responsible for a farm animal you must make sure that you care for it properly.
How to report farm animal welfare concerns to the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) in England.
This document provides advice on owning a horse, pony, donkey or hybrid.
Explanation of what Pharmacovigilance means and who is responsible. These documents must be read with the Implementation Explainer at VMD Information Hub.
How to operate a zoo, including understanding licences and inspections.
Code of recommendations and guidance for laying hens, meat chickens, ducks, turkeys and other birds bred on farms.
Find out what documents you need, and records you must keep, to meet animal welfare in transport requirements.
Registers of authorised manufacturers, wholesale dealer sites and retailers.
Rules to follow if you’re moving animals or animal products from one country to another and transiting through Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales), known as ‘landbridge’ movements.
How to keep beef cattle and dairy cows on a farm, including your responsibilities for their food and housing.
How to manage beaver activities on your land without a licence and when you need a licence.
Invited applicants can apply for a grant to add a veranda onto, or to upgrade or replace existing laying hen or pullet housing to improve animal health and welfare.
Guidance for the veterinary pharmaceutical industry on the production of mock-ups for assessment.
How to keep and breed pigs, and your responsibilities for housing, feeding and looking after them.
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