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Changes to import controls for animals and products of animal origin.
Find out when you must use a Defra-approved disinfectant, which product to use, and in what concentration.
Get a breed code to register a cattle, bison or buffalo birth.
What you must record in a holding register (also called a flock or herd record), when to update it and what to use.
A list of organisations in England, Scotland and Wales that inspect and certify animals and animal products for export. The list does not include every certifier.
When and how to identify your lambs and sheep with tags.
Licence conditions of the general licence in England.
Information about the availability of BTV-3 vaccines for animal keepers.
What cattle keepers must record and report when they move cattle, bison or buffalo and the deadlines.
What a movement is, who needs to report moves, and how to prepare to move sheep and goats.
Services provided and contact details for Veterinary Investigation Centres (VICs) and surveillance pathology partners in England and Wales.
Private veterinary surgeons (PVS) can use this service to report the prescription of a BTV-3 vaccination.
Cattle keepers must tag a newborn calf, add its details to their holding register and register its birth within legal deadlines.
Sheep and goat owners and keepers must follow the conditions of this licence when they move sheep or goats.
How to prevent the introduction and spread of animal and bird disease by following good hygiene and biosecurity standards.
Print a template holding register to record sheep and goat tags, movements and deaths.
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.
What counts as a bird gathering, and how to notify the Animal and Plant Health Agency.
How and when to identify pigs (livestock and pets) with ear tags, ear tattoos or slap marks so they can be traced.
How to apply for, correct or replace a cattle passport and what to do if you miss the application deadline or it has not arrived.
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