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The rules to follow when moving animals within a restricted zone, including to markets, shows and slaughterhouses.
Find out about compensation arrangements for animals culled by the government as part of certain disease control strategies.
How to apply for a licence, when you need a licence, fees, licence conditions and records you must keep.
Information on BTV-3 vaccines including permits and licences.
How to apply for an environmental permit if you rear pigs and poultry intensively, including how to comply with and change the permit.
Cattle keepers must tag a newborn calf, add its details to their holding register and register its birth within legal deadlines.
You should use this licence to move mammals from or to premises in a protection or surveillance zone where poultry or other captive birds are kept.
Where Great Britain will accept verifiable PDF GB health certificates from, to import live animals and animal products through TRACES or other systems.
How to report and record pig movements and when to follow the standstill rule.
General licence for the movement of resolved inconclusive reactors from officially TB free cattle herds in England or Wales directly or indirectly to slaughter.
When and how to identify your kids and goats with tags.
What to include in a holding register, including how to record pig movements and taking an annual inventory.
Technical information about the import requirements for animal by-products (ABPs) or products not for human consumption, for use by vets, importers and border officials.
Guidance for vets, importers and border control officials when importing other animal products for human consumption (such as honey or snails) to Great Britain.
Poultry valuation tables outline the value of poultry in Great Britain.
How to order official cattle ear tags, what to do if your animal is untagged, its tags have been damaged or it has been tagged incorrectly.
When and how to replace lost or damaged tags and what to record in your holding register.
Biosecurity and hygiene standards to keep animals safe from bluetongue virus.
Guidance for vets, importers and border control officials when importing composite products for human consumption to Great Britain.
Guidance for vets, importers and border control officials when importing animal products that are being returned to Great Britain.
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