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Guidance for fish passes where existing obstructions prevent the safe passage of eel and elver travelling up stream.
Guidance for the pharmaceutical industry on how to apply to vary a veterinary Marketing Authorisation (MA) or Homeopathic Remedy.
Apply for authorisation of premises for the retail supply of POM-VPS and NFA-VPS veterinary medicines by suitably qualified persons (SQPs).
Private cattle IFN-y testing, including when to test, how to apply for permission, carry out testing and submit samples to APHA.
Use this licence to take shrews to ring or mark them, or for scientific or educational purposes.
Get conservation advice on the impact of activity on a marine site and find out the status of advice using the interactive map.
You may need to complete a wildfire management plan if you're applying for a licence to burn heather or grass on peat deeper than 30cm in a less favoured area.
Environment Agency regulatory position on low risk abstraction for nature recovery actions and fish or eel passage
How to apply for a licence to hire out horses, and the conditions you'll need to meet.
Wild animals cannot be exhibited or used in a performance as part of a travelling circus in England.
Actions to be taken by Marketing Authorisation Holders in order to supply veterinary medicines to Northern Ireland from 1 January 2026.
Guidance for enforcement authorities who use penalty notices for animal health and welfare offences.
The code provides game farmers with information on how to meet the welfare needs of their animals, required in the Animal Welfare Act 2006.
How to keep farmed sheep, and your responsibilities for their health, housing and feed.
This manual helps practitioners in local authorities and the police in England and Wales in dealing with dog-related incidents.
How Defra and Natural England license the control of certain wild bird species.
This guidance is intended to support individuals interested in conducting a field trial, including the application submission process.
How vets can submit samples to APHA laboratory testing services and prices for these services.
Legal requirements and good practice guidance for SQP retailers’ premises inspections.
Find out how to export live fish, molluscs and crustaceans for farming, ornamental, or any other purpose except direct human consumption
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