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Natural England's terms and conditions for using the biodiversity gain sites register.
Sets out the disease control measures we would consider if African or classical swine fever was suspected or confirmed in pigs.
Vaccination policy, guidance and authorisation requests for avian influenza vaccination in zoo birds.
Details of premises approved to operate as quarantine facilities or centres for imported birds other than poultry.
Guidance on reducing the risks of getting salmonella infections from reptiles.
If you're a laboratory or scientific institution, use this licence to hold tissue samples from wild birds and animals during investigations into offences.
Guidance for vets and beekeepers on importing bee medicines when a product authorised in the UK is not suitable or available.
The licences you must have to import animal pathogens or carriers to Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales).
The VMR sets out the statutory fees associated with various regulatory services provided by the VMD. The statutory fees and fee structure are implemented from 17 May 2024.
Products and chemicals you can use in or near a bat roost if bats are not present.
Get a general licence to keep birds in show cages that don't meet size requirements.
Check if a CITES item that you want to import is listed as having an import suspension due to its trade being considered unsustainable.
The code provides game farmers with information on how to meet the welfare needs of their animals, required in the Animal Welfare Act 2006.
Environment Agency regulatory position on disposing of trees or plants affected by disease or pests by burning: RPS 71.
Guidance for fish passes where existing obstructions prevent the safe passage of eel and elver travelling up stream.
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.
How your personal information is used when you report dead wild birds.
Case studies of completed measures or measures being progressed in river basin districts from 2015.
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.
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