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How to spot Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans, what to do if you suspect it and measures to prevent its spread.
Guidance on the main diseases that affect cattle, disease prevention and legal controls in place to protect cattle health.
Guidance for competent authorities applying to Defra for market access to export animals and animal products to Great Britain, or to amend existing trading conditions.
Find out what milk you can use in farm animal feed, and how to process it for general sale or register to supply it to farms unprocessed.
How to spot sheep pox and goat pox, what to do if you suspect them and how to prevent them spreading.
How to spot rinderpest, what to do if you suspect it and measures to prevent its spread.
Use these forms to request an ammonia screening assessment as part of an intensive farming permit application.
Guidance for local authorities, port health authorities and food traders on how to submit a sample for referee analysis.
How we assess live bivalve mollusc (shellfish) production and relaying areas.
Details of skipper responsibilities, device specification and requirements, VMS+ guidance, and reports.
Guidance on licensing, labelling, packaging, chemical safety when importing cereals.
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.
Requirements for genetically modified organisms as food and feed authorisations and what you need to submit as part of your application.
Guide to protecting and defending food and drink from deliberate attack
Guidance about the Pig and Poultry Assurance Scheme available under the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2010.
Read the agreement holder’s guide for agreements starting on or after 3 January 2024 until 31 December 2024.
Alerts issued by APHA’s endemic and emerging disease alert system (EEDAS) for vets working with livestock.
Guidance explaining the different categories of animal by-products, how they should be used or disposed of, and where this can be done.
Deer owners and keepers must follow the conditions of this licence when they move deer.
Guidance on using the GEFS, which allows 30-day support attestations that cover an entire group of products for export.
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