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How to get a licence to keep animals for exhibition, and the conditions you'll need to meet.
How vets can submit samples to APHA laboratory testing services and prices for these services.
List of rabies quarantine premises and transporters authorised by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.
The conditions you must follow if you carry out cage trapping and dispatch of wild birds under Defra and Natural England licences.
A list of trade term codes to provide a description of your specimen to Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES).
Get a licence to catch alive or kill wild birds on or around your aerodrome for air safety purposes.
This guidance document has been published to help local authorities carry out their duties.
How to assess a planning application when there are invertebrates on or near a proposed development site.
Requirements for an Animal Test Certificate (ATC) to carry out the field trial of a veterinary medicine in animals (clinical trial) in the UK.
How to assess a planning application when there are Eurasian beavers on or near a proposed development site.
How to get and maintain an ATT qualification, and what to do if you want to end your authorisation.
How to use a comma-separated values (CSV) file when uploading commodity details about plants and plant products to the Import of products, animals, food and feed system (IPAFFS).
Lists of confined establishments in Great Britain, Jersey and the Isle of Man approved to export or move captive-bred birds to the EU or Northern Ireland.
How to keep beef cattle and dairy cows on a farm, including your responsibilities for their food and housing.
Find the licence and declaration you must use to import animal pathogens and carriers to Great Britain from the EU.
Effective from 17 May 2024 Definitive fees charged for applications under Schedule 7 of Veterinary Medicines Regulations 2013 (as amended) as they apply to GB.
Which chemicals you can use in or near a bat roost and what you need to know before you use them.
How to apply for a licence to capture, transport and re-release beavers or modify or remove beaver dams, burrows and lodges at any time of year.
How to get and maintain a CSO qualification, and what to do if you want to end your authorisation.
Environment Agency regulatory position on scattering or burying pet ash at a pet cemetery which is registered with the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA).
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